This hall of fame class may be as good as any that have come before it.

The 2026 Nebraska Football Hall of Fame class includes six former Huskers, a former coach, a state college great, and one of the best to ever grace the radio airwaves.

The former Husker players include defensive back Charles Fryar (1980s era), offensive lineman Jim Scott (1990s), fullback Cory Schlesinger (1990s), I-back Cory Ross (2000s), linebacker Lavonte David (2010s), and late punter Sam Foltz (2010s). Frank Solich earns the second annual Nebraska Football Hall of Fame Legend Award.

Most recently a dynamo as the Voice of the Huskers for Nebrasketball, Kent Pavelka was a member of the Husker football radio crew for two decades. He will receive the Lyell Bremser Special Merit Award.

Joe Planansky, a two-time All-America tight end at Chadron State, is this year’s state college inductee.

The class will be officially inducted at a ceremony on Friday, Sept. 4. The group will be recognized the following day at Memorial Stadium when Nebraska opens the 2026 season against Ohio.

Defensive back Charles Fryar represents the 1980s in this year’s class.

The New Jersey native was a two-time All-Big Eight selection. A three-year starter, Fryar had seven interceptions in his career, including an 86-yard pick-six against Oklahoma State in 1988. That year, he helped Nebraska to a top-10 pass defense in the nation and a Big Eight Conference title. He finished his career with 121 tackles, including 90 solo.

Offensive lineman Jim Scott is one of two representatives for the 1990s in this year’s class.

Setting the tone for the rest of the 1990s, Scott helped pave the way for back-to-back NCAA rushing titles and consecutive Big Eight championships in 1991 and 1992. The Ansley, Neb., native transferred to Nebraska from UNK, earning the starting center position on the 1992 team that averaged 328 rushing yards per game. As a senior, Scott was a co-captain and earned first-team All-Big Ten honors.

Fullback Cory Schlesinger also represents the 1990s in this year’s class.

Schlesinger played a major role in Nebraska’s first national championship since 1971, scoring a pair of touchdowns in the 1995 Orange Bowl to come back and top Miami 24-17. That season, he ran for 456 yards, averaging 7.2 yards per carry.

After Nebraska, Schlesinger enjoyed a standout NFL career with the Detroit Lions. The three-time Pro Bowler was a member of Detroit’s 75th Anniversary Team.

I-back Cory Ross represents the 2000s in this year’s class.

Despite standing just 5-foot-6, Ross excelled as one of the top all-around backs in Nebraska history. Out of Denver, he ranks in the top 15 in school history in rushing yards (2,743). In his junior and senior seasons, when he was named Offensive MVP, Ross caught 64 passes for 654 yards and five touchdowns.

Linebacker Lavonte David is one of two representatives for the 2010s in this year’s class.

In just two years as a Husker, David notched 285 tackles. As a senior, he stifled offenses to the tune of a school-record 152 tackles, helping him earn second-team All-America and first-team All-Big 12. In 2011, he earned first-team All-America and was named the Big Ten Linebacker of the Year.

David spent more than a dozen years in the NFL, all with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The three-time All-Pro selection was part of the Super Bowl LV championship team. With more than 1,700 tackles in his career, David announced his retirement from the NFL earlier this year.

The late punter Sam Foltz also represents the 2010s in this year’s class.

Foltz was the Big Ten Punter of the Year in 2015 as a junior, when he earned first-team all-conference, after averaging 44.2 yards per punt. In Big Ten games that year, his average jumped to 45 yards a boot.

The Greeley, Neb., native was a preseason candidate for the Ray Guy Award and was expected to be one of the nation's top punters in his senior season. However, after attending a kicking camp in Wisconsin, he lost his life in an automobile accident on July 23, 2016. He was 22 years old.

A two-time inductee as both a player and a coach, Frank Solich is honored this year with the second annual Legend Award. The first Hall of Fame Legend honoree was 1972 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers.

An integral part of Nebraska’s success for five decades, Solich was incudted in to the Hall of Fame as a player in 1992 and as a coach in 2012. He was a member of Bob Devaney’s first recruiting class, going on to star as an all-Big Eight fullback in the 1960s. He would go on to be an assistant coach at NU from 1979 to 1997, before taking over as the head coach in 1998.

As a head coach, he led Nebraska to 58 wins in six seasons, including a berth in the BCS National Championship Game. He earned Big 12 Coach of the Year twice. After Nebraska, he led Ohio State for 16 seasons, winning 115 games and making 11 bowl appearances.

The Lyell Bremser Special Merit Award goes to Kent Pavelka, one of the iconic voices in the histories of multiple Nebraska sports.

Pavelka has been on the radio for Nebraska Athletics since 1974. He began as a color commentator alongside Bremser on the KFAB broadcasts, taking over play-by-play duties from 1984 to 1995. That meant he called the championship games for Nebraska’s third and fourth national titles. He has also spent more than 40 seasons as the play-by-play announcer for Nebraska men’s basketball, including this past season’s run to the Sweet 16.

A four-year starter as a tight end at Chadron State in the 1990s, Joe Planensky represents the state colleges in this year’s class.

Planensky earned unanimous all-conference honors three times, while being named a second-team All-American as a junior and first-team as a senior. He finished his career with 154 receptions for 1,879 yards. Planansky was inducted in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Hall of Fame in 2005.