Allstate Sugar Bowl Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of FameIn January of 2000, the Sugar Bowl Committee took over the title sponsorship of the New Orleans Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame. Included in the Bowl's sponsorship of the chapter is the administration of an annual awards banquet held each spring to honor deserving high school football scholar athletes from the metropolitan area. Sugar Bowl Member Archie Manning is the national chairman of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. To become a member of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, please click here.

The 2010 NFF Awards Luncheon is scheduled for Tuesday, March 23, at the Louisiana Superdome.

In 2009, 23 local high school football players (pictured above) were honored as NFF Scholar-Athletes and two of those were presented with $2,500 Allstate Sugar Bowl Scholarship checks: Gregory Blasiar from St. Paul's High School and Ian Fitzgerald from Jesuit High School.

In addition, the Allstate Sugar Bowl Chapter of the NFF presents two other annual awards. Doug Thornton, the vice president of SMG, the management organization for the Louisiana Superdome, was honored as the 2009 Distinguished American due to his efforts in the management of the Superdome during Hurricane Katrina and as the driving force in bringing the Dome back to full strength following the disaster. Wright Waters, the Commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference, was presented with the 2009 Contribution to Amateur Football Award due to his efforts to bring significant NCAA grants to youth football in New Orleans, as well as his role in bringing Division I-A Football to the Sun Belt Conference and the forming of the New Orleans Bowl.

2009: Talented Class of Honorees at 2009 NFF/College Football Hall of Fame Luncheon
2008: Nineteen Honored at 2008 Football Foundation Luncheon
2007: Sugar Bowl Honors Standouts at 2007 NFF Awards Luncheon
2006: No class recognized due to Hurricane Katrina
2005: Listing of the 2004 NFF Scholar Athletes

Allstate Sugar Bowl Chapter of the NFF/CFHOF Special Awards