SEC Football by the Numbers: Conference adds two to its Hall of Fame roster

The SEC has one more Hall of Fame player and one more Hall of Fame coach after the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame announced the 14 members of its 2010 Football Bowl Subdivision Class on Thursday.
Former LSU back Jerry Stovall and former Alabama coach Gene Stallings will be enshrined from the SEC. They were chosen from a national ballot of 77 candidates, which included 11 former SEC players, and a pool of hundreds of other eligible nominees. In fact, Stallings was not on the national ballot, but that didn't prevent him from becoming the fourth Alabama coach elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.
The SEC will now have 76 players and 26 coaches in the College Football Hall of Fame.
Stovall followed Billy Cannon as LSU's Golden Boy and now follows him into the Hall of Fame as the Tigers' seventh player to be enshrined. After leading LSU to the SEC title in 1961, Stovall was the conference's MVP in 1962 as a halfback, defensive back, kick returner and punter. He finished second in the Heisman Trophy balloting to Oregon State QB Terry Baker after that season.
Although Stallings coached at Texas A&M and in the NFL before coming to Alabama, he had his greatest success after taking over the Crimson Tide in 1990. Stallings' best season came in 1992, when Alabama went 13-0 and finished as the nation's No. 1 team.
Stallings' on-the-field winning percentage of .810 in all games and .791 in conference games are both second in SEC history for any coach with at least five seasons in the conference.