Former Notre Dame and San Francisco 49ers great Bryant Young will be in the 2022 Pro Football Hall of Fame class. The announcement was made on Thursday night ahead of the Super Bowl as Young got the knock on his door that made things official.
Young was a highly touted recruit from the Chicago suburbs that was part of Notre Dame’s incredible 1990 recruiting class that saw five players selected in the first round of the NFL draft, two of which have now been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Jerome Bettis).
Young was a star on Notre Dame’s defensive line before becoming a mainstay on the San Francisco 49ers defensive front where his incredible career spanned 14 seasons He started 208 games, all for the 49ers, and racked up 627 tackles, 89.5 sacks, 20 pass breakups, 12 forced fumbles and seven fumble recoveries. Young was a Super Bowl champion, four-time Pro Bowler, and a First-Team All-Pro in 1996. Three times he was selected as a Second-Team All-Pro.
.@Bgr8t has been elected to the HOF Class of 2022.#PFHOF22 | @49ers pic.twitter.com/LLPv19yPt4
— Pro Football Hall of Fame (@ProFootballHOF) February 11, 2022
Young will go in alongside Tony Boselli, Cliff Branch, Leroy Butler, Art McNally, Sam Mills, Richard Seymour and Dick Vermeil.
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