Tom Cousineau might be long gone from playing football for a living, but the former Ohio State All-America linebacker took a phone call on Friday morning that showed he is not forgotten.
He was told he is a member of the National Football Foundation college football hall of fame class of 2016.
“I am so honored,” Cousineau told The Dispatch soon after the announcement this afternoon. “It’s crazy, that I graduated in 1979, that the last time I put on a helmet in pro football was 1987 – do the math. I can’t even fathom that football is still giving to me at 58 years old.