SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Herb Orvis, one of the most prolific pass rushers in University of Colorado football history, has been selected for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation announced here Friday morning.
Orvis, 69, is one of 14 players and two coaches in the Class of 2016 that will be inducted this Dec. 8 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. The announcement kicked of a weekend full of activities ahead of Monday night’s national championship game.
He will become the eighth Buffalo enshrined in the Hall, joining Byron White (inducted in 1952), Joe Romig (1984), Dick Anderson (1993), Bobby Anderson (2006), Alfred Williams (2010), John Wooten (2012) and Coach Bill McCartney (2013).