Iowa’s Dallas Clark, Robert Gallery named candidates for College Football Hall of Fame

Two former Iowa football players from could soon be enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Tight end Dallas Clark and offensive tackle Robert Gallery are candidates on the 2023 ballot, the National Football Foundation announced Monday.

Clark at first played linebacker at Iowa before switching to tight end for his last two years, recording 1,281 receiving yards and 81 receptions.

Gallery was the Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2003 and selected with the second overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft.

Clark and Gallery played in some of Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz’s first successful seasons — the 2001 team that won the Alamo Bowl and the 2002 team that went 8-0 in Big Ten play and earned a trip to the Orange Bowl.

Iowa is one of seven Big Ten schools to have multiple former players as candidates on this year’s ballot, joining Wisconsin, Penn State, Illinois, Ohio State, Indiana and Purdue.

If Clark and/or Gallery are inducted, it would be the second time in a three-year span with a Hawkeye in the Hall of Fame class.

In 2021, Andre Tippett and Bob Stoops were inducted, although Stoops was selected for his coaching accolades at Oklahoma.

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