North Platte native Danny Woodhead was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame at the National Football Foundation (NFF) awards dinner on Dec. 10 in Las Vegas.
Woodhead, a star running back at North Platte High, became college football’s all-time rushing leader across all divisions in four years at Chadron Stage College. He was a two-time Harlon Hill Trophy winner with the Eagles in 2006 and 2007. Woodhead was part of a group of 19 former college football players and three coaches to join the Hall of Fame ranks.
Woodhead played with the Jets, Patriots, Chargers and Ravens, accumulating 2,238 NFL rushing yards and 2,698 NFL receiving yards, including a touchdown reception from Tom Brady in Super Bowl XLVI in 2012.
Previously, Woodhead was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 2018 and the Chadron State College Hall of Fame in 2023.
Frank Solich was also inducted into the hall of fame Tuesday night.
Solich led Nebraska for six years and Ohio for 16 after that, a 22-year head-coaching run in which he posted a 173-101 career record. His 115 wins with Ohio make him the winningest coach in the history of the Mid-American Conference.
The Huskers had three top-10 finishes and four top-20 finishes in Solich’s six seasons in Lincoln. He coached Eric Crouch (HOF Class of 2020) to the Heisman Trophy in 2001, too.
Solich is Ohio’s first Hall of Famer, and he is the 27th Hall of Famer from Nebraska, a group that now includes seven Huskers coaches.
He spent 29 seasons with the Huskers as either a player, assistant coach or head coach. He served as an assistant on three national title teams. He played for a Hall of Fame coach Bob Devaney and worked for another Tom Osborne .