OU’s Williams, OSU’s Miller to be inducted into College Football HOF

The College Football Hall of Fame is gaining a Superman and an old-school superstar.

Oklahoma safety Roy Williams and Oklahoma State running back Terry Miller were among the members of the 2022 class of inductees for the College Football Hall of Fame, as first reported by Brett McMurphy of the Action Network.

Williams had 269 career tackles and 44 pass breakups. In 2001 — his final season at OU — he was named the Bronko Nagurski Award winner as college football’s best defensive player and the Jim Thorpe Award winner as the nation’s best defensive back, as well as being the Big 12 defensive player of the year and a first-team All-American.

Of course, he is best known for the iconic “Superman play” in the 2001 OUTexas game when he dove over a blocker and into Texas quarterback Chris Simms, knocking the ball into the air, where it was intercepted and returned for a touchdown by linebacker Teddy Lehman.

Miller is one of four players with a retired number at OSU, along with Barry Sanders, Thurman Thomas and Bob Fenimore. Miller was a two-time AllAmerican who finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting of 1976 and second in 1977.

Miller is the only OSU running back to have three 1,000-yard seasons. He finished his career with 4,754 rushing yards and 49 touchdowns on 871 carries, averaging 5.5 yards per carry and 110.6 yards per game. He was the Big Eight offensive player of the year in his final two seasons at OSU.

Williams and Miller are joined in the Hall of Fame class by Colorado running back Rashaan Salaam, Florida State linebacker Marvin Jones and Toledo and Missouri coach Gary Pinkel.

OKLAHOMAN FILE PHOTOS OU legend Roy Williams flies into Texas quarterback Chris Simms during the 2001 Red River Rivalry. Williams knocked the ball loose, and Teddy Lehman caught it for a victory-clinching interception return for a touchdown.

Oklahoma State running back Terry Miller, pictured in 1977, was a two-time All-American.