Former Washington State offensive lineman Mike Utley was officially inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame on Tuesday night during a ceremony at the National Football Foundation Awards Dinner in New York City.
Utley is the first WSU player to get inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008. He joins center Mel Hein (first Cougar ever enshrined, in 1954), tackle Glen “Turk” Edwards (enshrined in 1975), running back Rueben Mayes (enshrined in 2008), former coaches Orin “Babe” Hollingbery (1979), Forest “Evy” Evashevski (2000) and William “Lone Star” Dietz (2012) to became the seventh Cougar in the College Football Hall of Fame.