Ball, 34, had a decorated college career at Wisconsin, winning the Archie Griffin Award, the Doak Walker Award and the Jim Brown Award (twice). He was a two-time Consensus All-American, a two-time All-Big Ten player, a two-time Big Ten Running Back of the Year, and the Big Ten Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year in 2011.

The National Football Foundation announced the members of the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame class Wednesday, which featured some of the game's greatest coaches and players of all time. The class is headlined by Nick Saban and Urban Meyer among the four coaches selected,

The College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025 featured three former SEC players, but the ballot had 15 candidates from the conference.