MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Two standouts with West Virginia University ties are on the ballot for this year's College Football Hall of Fame, released Monday morning by the National Football Foundation (NFF) and the College Football Hall of Fame.
 
Aaron Beasley, a consensus All-American cornerback in 1995, led the nation in interceptions in 1994 with 10 and was a two-time All-Big East choice while also excelling on WVU's undefeated 1993 team that lost to Florida in the 1994 Sugar Bowl.
 
The Pottstown, Pennsylvania, resident produced 19 career interceptions, returning three for touchdowns, while also breaking up 38 passes before enjoying a nine-year NFL career with the Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets and Atlanta Falcons.
 
His wife, the former Umme Salim, was a standout gymnast at WVU who is now the head women's gymnastics coach at Rutgers.
 
Also, the late Jim Carlen's name returns to the ballot for a second year after producing a 107-69-6 career record in 16 seasons at West Virginia (1966-69), Texas Tech (1970-74) and South Carolina (1975-81).
 
Carlen became one of college football's youngest head coaches in 1966 when he was hired at West Virginia at age 32. He led the Mountaineers to three winning seasons, including a 10-1 record in 1969 that culminated with a Peach Bowl victory in Atlanta over ACC champion South Carolina.
 
Carlen had one of the nation's most explosive passing offenses in 1968 with sophomore Mike Sherwood at quarterback before transitioning to a veer offensive attack in 1969 that complimented a stifling defense that featured All-American middle guard Carl Crennel.
 
Carlen's final two teams at WVU in 1968-69 won 17 of 20 games and finished ranked in the top 20 for the first time in 14 years.
 
The Cookeville, Tennessee, native also enjoyed success at Texas Tech, leading the Red Raiders to bowl appearances in 1970, 1972, 1973 and 1974 before moving on to South Carolina, where he steered the Gamecocks to bowl trips in 1975, 1979 and 1980.
 
His best player at South Carolina was Heisman Trophy winner George Rodgers.
 
More than 12,000 NFF members and current Hall of Famers will have votes tabulated and submitted to the NFF's Honors Courts, which will deliberate and select the class. The FBS Honors Court is chaired by former two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin from Ohio State.
 
The announcement of the 2020 class will be made in January 2020 in the days leading up to the College Football National Championship to be played in New Orleans.