IRVING, Texas – Towson University football alum Sean Landeta has placed on the 2023 National Football Foundation (NFF) College Football Hall of Fame ballot as a divisional candidate, announced by the foundation on Monday.
 
Landeta is one of 96 candidates in the divisional player candidate pool of the ballot, encompassing players in the FCS, Division II, Division III and NAIA eras.  Four of the 96 will be voted into the College Football Hall of Fame as part of the 2023 ballot.
 
Landeta, a Towson Athletics Hall of Fame member, was one of the top special teams players in college football.  He is a member of several Halls of Fame, including Division II College Football Hall of Fame, the State of Maryland Sports Hall of Fame and the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. 
 
"It's an enormous honor to just be on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot considering more than 5.54 million people have played college football and only 1,056 players have been inducted," said NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell in the NFF's press release. "The Hall's requirement of being a First-Team All-American creates a much smaller pool of about 1,500 individuals who are even eligible. Being in today's elite group means an individual is truly among the greatest to have ever played the game, and we look forward to announcing the 2023 College Football Hall of Fame Class early next year."
 
Playing for the Tigers from 1979-82, Landeta currently holds the Towson records with 225 career punts, 9452 punting yards and a career average of 42 yards per punt, leading the nation in punting and placekicking in 1980.  He also converted 26 career field goals and was 70-for-74 (94.6%) on extra point attempts.
 
In 1982, he was the first-ever punter to earn AP College Division All-America recognition, also being selected as an AFCA NCAA Division II Kodak All-American.  Landeta also was a three-time First Team All-Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) honoree.
 
He went on to have a stellar professional career, winning two Super Bowls with the New York Giants and two USFL titles with the Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars.  Landeta was a three-time First Team All-Pro, playing in 284 National Football League (NFL) games with 1,401 punts, averaging 43.3 yards per punt.
 
The NFF will announce the 2023 College Football Hall of Fame Class in early 2023.