Senior Bowl Hall of Fame enshrines its 2026 class

Twenty-one years after Jason Campbell played in Mobile’s annual all-star football game, the former Auburn quarterback joined the Senior Bowl Hall of Fame on Sunday night.

“It’s wild that it’s been that long, first and foremost,” Campbell said shortly before the induction ceremony at the Grand Hotel Golf Resort and Spa in Point Clear. “Time flies. But it’s a great honor, and all glory to God for this opportunity.

“But I remember coming down to the Senior Bowl, and it was a special week. You got to meet a lot of GMs, a lot of owners and coaches and everybody, and it’s a great opportunity to interview. And so the Senior Bowl puts on a great event each and every year.

“It was one of my dream games that I always wanted to play in. Even when I was a kid, the Senior Bowl was something I definitely wanted to have an opportunity to participate in.”

While Campbell needed to look back across two decades for his Senior Bowl experience, the Hall of Fame reached back more than five decades for one of his classmates.

Boston University quarterback Harry Agganis won the Most Valuable Player Award for the fourth Senior Bowl in 1953 and entered the all-star game’s Hall of Fame as a posthumous enshrinee on Sunday.

Joining Campbell for the ceremony to complete the Class of 2026 were Alabama safety Roman Harper, a former Prattville High School star; LSU defensive tackle Anthony “Booger” McFarland and Norv Turner.

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Turner is the eighth Senior Bowl Hall of Fame member enshrined for his work as an NFL coach, After working on Senior Bowl coaching staffs as an NFL assistant, Turner served as a head coach in three games, with his team posting a victory each time – in 1997, 1998 and 2005.

“It’s having the best players,” Turner said of his secret to winning. “But I think the first time I coached this was with John Robinson, and he said, ‘We’re going to treat this like our team, and we’re going to go in there and give these players a chance to show their abilities because that’s what it’s about.’