HONOLULU – Former University of Hawai'i placekicker and punter Jason Elam was among 78 players on the 2021 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.
 
Elam played for UH from 1988-92 and was a member of two bowl teams – the 1989 Jeep Eagle Aloha Bowl and 1992 Thrifty Car Rental Holiday Bowl. He is still the program's all-time scoring leader (395) and holds school records for most field goals (79), field-goal attempts (100), and longest field goal (56). His 79 field goals was one shy of the then-NCAA record held by Washington's Jeff Jaeger.
 
As a punter, Elams owns the school's career average record (43.5) and has the second longest punt (78) in program history. During UH's Western Athletic Conference championship season of 1992, he was a finalist for the Lou Groza Award as the nation's top placekicker and picked as a first-team All-American by Kodak and Scripps & Howard.
 
Elam was selected by the Denver Broncos in the third round (70th overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft. He went on to play 17 seasons in the NFL, 15 of those years with the Broncos and two with the Atlanta Falcons.
 
At the time of his retirement, Elam totaled the fifth-most field goals (436) and points scored (1,983) in league history. He also ranked seventh in career field-goal attempts (540), fourth in extra points made (675) and fourth in extra points attempted (679).
 
He earned three Pro Bowl selections with the Broncos while setting franchise records for career field goals (395), field-goal attempts (490), field-goal percentage (80.6%) as well as extra points made (601) and attempted (604). Elam tied a 28-year-old NFL record for the longest field goal in pro football history by making a 63-yarder vs. Jacksonville on Oct. 25, 1998. He also posted an NFL-record 16 consecutive 100-point seasons (1993-2008) and ranked first all-time in overall 100- point seasons (16).