Richard Huntley inducted to Black College Football HOF

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Winston-Salem State alumnus Richard Huntley, who went on to an NFL career that included a stint with the Carolina Panthers, is a 2024 inductee to the Black College Football Hall of Fame.

Winston-Salem State alumnus Richard Huntley is one of seven inductees to the Black College Football Hall of Fame.

Huntley, a Monroe native who lives in Charlotte, is part of the Class of 2024 that includes quarterback Joe “747” Adams (Tennessee State); defensive backs Antoine Bethea (Howard), Kevin Dent (Jackson State) and Lemar Parrish (Lincoln); linebacker Waymond Bryant (Tennessee State), and Morgan State coach Eddie Hurt.

“This Class of 2024 is a great showcase of the some of the incredible football talent that has been produced from Historically Black Colleges and Universities,” Black College Football Hall of Fame co-founder and 2011 inductee Doug Williams said in a statement. “The Black College Football Hall of Fame serves to honor those who paved the way for the game today, and these men did just that.”

Votes were tallied from the nine-member Selection Committee made up of journalists, commentators and historians, former NFL general managers and executives, and Black College Football Hall of Fame inductees.

Huntley, a running back, rushed for over 1,000 yards in each of his four seasons at WSSU (1992-95) and ended his Rams career ranked second all-time in NCAA history (all divisions) with 6,286 yards rushing. He left school as the CIAA’s career scoring leader with 372 points on 62 touchdowns.

Drafted by Atlanta with the 117th pick in 1996, Huntley played in 63 NFL games with four teams, including the Pittsburgh Steelers and Carolina Panthers, with 1,701 yards rushing and 11 touchdowns on 364 attempts. He also scored four times as a receiver. Huntley’s best professional season was in 2001 with Carolina when he ran for 665 yards on 165 carries with a pair of scores in 14 games (nine starts). He retired in 2002.

Huntley, 51 owns a personal training and fitness company in Charlotte and has also coached high school football and works closely with athletes as a conditioning coach.

The 2024 inductees will be honored at the 15th annual Black College Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony, on June 8 in Atlanta. They will be recognized at the HBCU Legacy Bowl on Feb. 24 at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans.

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