Ex-UND TE Kleinsasser on College Football HOF ballot

By Pat Sweeney Jun 5, 2023 | 4:22 PM

Former UND tight end Jim Kleinsasser is on the 2024 ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame.

Kleinsasser is among 101 players on the divisional ballot that includes players from F-C-S, along with N-C-A-A Divisions two and three, as well as the N-A-I-A.

Kleinsasser played at UND from 1995 to 1998. He had 88 career receptions for 1,309 yards and 10 touchdowns and was voted a First Team All-American five times.

The Vikings chose Kleinsasser 44^th in the 1999 NFL Draft. He played for the Vikings from 1999 to 2011.

Also on the ballot: Former guard Ron Hausauer, who played at Jamestown from from 1978 to 1981.

Seventy-eight players are on the Hall of Fame ballot for FBS players, including Bismarck native Greg Eslinger, a former Gophers center; Minneapolis native Larry Fitzgerald, a former Pittsburgh receiver, and Wayzata (MN) native James Lauriniaitis, a former Ohio State linebacker.

The newest College Football Hall of Fame Class will be announced early next year.

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(Photo: MN Vikings)

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