OPELOUSAS, La. – It has been a Hall of Fame-worthy summer for Jake Delhomme.After starring for Teurlings Catholic High School in Lafayette, then at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette from 1993-96, Delhomme signed as a rookie free agent with the NFL’s New Orleans Saints. He spent three years with the Saints before signing with the Carolina Panthers in 2003 and helping the team reach the Super Bowl that season. He led 23 game-winning drives for the Panthers and holds team passing records for yards and touchdowns. He threw for 20,975 yards and 126 touchdowns, completing 59.4 percent of his passes for three NFL teams in an outstanding career.For those exploits, Delhomme was one of eight new members inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in a ceremony June 27 at the Louisiana Sports and History Museum in Natchitoches.“It was an awesome experience,” said Delhomme. “All the different athletes, all the different people, it was just fantastic. To be in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, where I’m from, where I played high school and college ball, it’s beyond what I ever dreamed of as a kid.”Joining Delhomme in this year’s class was former trainer Frankie Brothers, the first Thoroughbred trainer to be inducted. Brothers joins seven former jockeys and multiple Eclipse Award-winning owner John Franks in the Hall. He was a force while training in the state in the 1980s and ’90s, winning the training title at Louisiana Downs an unprecedented nine times to go with five Fair Grounds titles.“Talking horses with Frank was great,” said Delhomme. “He’s a legend. His wife, Donna, was there as well. They both have accomplished so much.”The same hard work, dedication, and preparation that served Delhomme so well on the gridiron also paid dividends on the track. His aptly named Set-Hut Stables has enjoyed success over the years, especially with 2-year-olds. The operation is a family affair as Delhomme’s father, Jerry, is the trainer of record and Delhomme’s brother, Jeff, also contributes.The stable’s latest star is Customizer, who won his maiden impressively at Evangeline last week. The son of graded stakes-winning sprinter and freshman sire Custom for Carlos earned a respectable 70 Beyer Speed Figure in winning his third career start. “We thought all along that he would be a nice one,” said Jake Delhomme, who paid $15,000 for Customizer at the Stars of Tomorrow 2-year-old sale at Evangeline in March.“He was a man!” Delhomme said when asked what caught his eye with the handsome chestnut. “He had a huge hind end, a ton of bone. That seems to be the theme with his sire, Custom for Carlos.”Delhomme said an equipment change might have been responsible for Customizer’s breakout win.“We put blinkers on him,” he said. “His first two races were okay, but he came back with something left in the tank. He just wasn’t focusing.”Customizer’s first two starts were hardly disgraceful. He finished second to the eventual D. S. “Shine” Young Futurity winner, Cale’s Gold, on June 10 and reported home third 2 1/2 weeks later. Delhomme said stakes company is next for his improving juvenile.“We probably could have come back in the Shine last month,” Delhomme said. “But we weren’t sure we wanted to catch [trainer Karl] Broberg’s colt again, so we went back in a maiden spot. We are eligible for that restricted sales stake [the $75,000 Star] on closing night, so that’s where we are going next.”