Football

UW-Whitewater’s Schebler and Perkins on College Football Hall of Fame Ballot

**Release courtesy of UW-Whitewater Sports Information

Official NFF Release

WHITEWATER, Wis.--Former University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football kicker Jeff Schebler and former head coach Forrest Perkins are candidates for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame announced.
 
To register for NFF membership and cast your Hall of Fame vote by the June 30 deadline, contact Ron Dilatush at rdilatush@footballfoundation.com.
 
The 2023 ballot includes 80 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 96 players and 33 coaches from all other NCAA and NAIA divisions.
 
The announcement of the 2023 class will be made in early 2023. Specific details will be announced in the future.
 
To be eligible, a player must have received first team All-America recognition by an NCAA-recognized selector and played in his final season at least 10 full seasons ago but no more than 50 years ago. A player's post-football record as a citizen and academic honors accumulated are also weighted in the selection process.
 
Coaches must have coached a minimum of 10 years and 100 games as a head coach, won at least 60 percent of their games and be retired from coaching for at least three years.
 
Schebler was a four-year All-American and four-year first team All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) kicker for the Warhawks from 2006-09. He helped lead UW-Whitewater to four appearances in the Stagg Bowl, including national championships in 2007 and 2009, when he was selected as a first team All-American by D3football.com. The team also earned WIAC titles during all four years of Schebler's career.
 
Schebler earned the Fred Mitchell Award as the nation's best non-FBS kicker in 2009 after converting 14-of-18 on field goals and 83-of-85 on PATs. He also averaged 60.3 yards per kickoff as UW-W finished with a perfect 15-0 mark on its way to the national title.
 
For his career, Schebler is the program's all-time leader in PATs attempted (256), PATs made (245) and field goals made (75). He tied the school record for longest field goal with a pair of 52-yarders in 2007.
 
Perkins coached the Warhawks for 29 seasons from 1956-84. He is currently the school's all-time leader in victories after leading UW-Whitewater to a 190-88-8 record, good for a .678 winning percentage.
 
Perkins led the Warhawks to 11 conference championships and was named NAIA National Coach of the Year in 1966 after leading UW-Whitewater to a 10-1 record and the program's first-ever postseason appearance. After a 41-18 triumph over Central (Iowa) in the national semifinals, the Warhawks reached the title game, where they fell against Waynesburg (Pa.).
 
At the time of his retirement, Perkins was the league's all-time leader in wins and had the second-most wins of active coaches at the Division III level. He is currently No. 2 in the conference in victories and is No. 33 on the NCAA Division III all-time wins list.
 
College Football Hall of Fame votes are cast by more than 12,000 NFF members and current Hall of Famers. Their votes will be tabulated and submitted to the NFF's Honors Court, which includes a diverse pool of athletic administrators, Hall of Famers and members of the media, for final class selection.
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