ATLANTA -- Illinois greats Moe Gardner, Kevin Hardy and Simeon Rice are among the players on this year's College Football Hall of Fame ballot.
The ballot was released Monday morning by the National Football Foundation.
The 2018 Hall of Fame Class includes a teammate of Hardy and Rice.
Linebacker Dana Howard was selected by voters in the most recent balloting.
Howard was the first Illini picked for the Hall since 2005, when receiver David Williams wa selected.
There are 25 Big Ten players on this year's ballot, the most of any conference.
Gardner played at Illinois from 1987-90, becoming a two-time First Team All-American defensive tackle in 1989 and 1990, the same two years he won the Big Ten's Defensive Player of the Year accolade.