Texas High School Football Hall of Fame announces 2018 class

The Texas High School Football Hall of Fame announced its 2018 class Wednesday afternoon. Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury highlights the class and will represent the 1990’s decade for his time quarterbacking New Braunfels High School and leading the Unicorns to a 13-2 record and a Division II state semifinals appearance in 1998 before eventually becoming Texas Tech’s most decorated quarterback in program history. Joining Kingsbury, representing the 2000’s, is one of the most prolific running backs in Texas high school football history in former Aledo High School and Texas running back Johnathan Gray. Gray rushed for over 10,000 yards in three seasons and fell just 343 yards short of Kenneth Hall’s state career rushing record. He set a new state-title game record in 2010 with eight scores on the ground in the team’s 69-34 win over La Marque. Former Deer Park and all-state defensive tackle Tommy Jeter will represent the 1980's with former Port Arthur Lincoln quarterback and North Texas Hall of Famer Ken Washington representing the 1970's. Former Temple quarterback Brad Dusek and former Kingsville three-sport athlete, Bobby Cavazos, will be the Hall’s 1960's and 1950's entrants respectively. Cavazos went on to set the Texas Tech rushing record with 2,278 yards and 35 touchdowns while Dusek played eight seasons in the NFL with Washington after his career at Texas A&M. Entering the hall for the coaches are current Calallan head coach Phil Danaher and former Buda Hays High School head coach Bob Shelton. Danaher is the state’s all-time winningest coach and is only the second to reach over 400 career wins. His won, Wes, was inducted back in 2013 for his career playing under Phil from 1992-95. Shelton, the namesake of Hays’ stadium, is just one of 10 coaches in the state with 300 victories in his nearly 50 years in Buda. Former Dallas Cowboys executive and longtime Texas Stadium general manager Bruce Hardy rounds out the 2018 class as a contributor to the game. By the time Texas Stadium fell in 2010, the building housed an estimated 700 high school football games after Hardy’s hire back in 1984. The induction ceremony will be May 5 in Waco, Texas.