Hall of Fame modern-era nominees

3 Raiders legends advance among modern-era nominees for Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2025

The list of modern-era nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2025 has been trimmed to 50.

Wednesday the Pro Football Hall of Fame trimmed their list of modern-era finalists for the class of 2025 to 50. Among them are three Raiders legends.

The three Raiders to advance in the voting are RB Marshawn Lynch, G Steve Wisniewski, and CB Eric Allen.

Here is the entire list of 50 modern-era nominees:

QUARTERBACKS (2): Eli Manning, Steve McNair

RUNNING BACKS (6): Shaun Alexander, Tiki Barber, Eddie George, Marshawn Lynch, Fred Taylor*, Ricky Watters

WIDE RECEIVERS (6): Anquan Boldin, Torry Holt*, Jimmy Smith, Steve Smith Sr., Hines Ward, Reggie Wayne*

TIGHT ENDS (2): Ben Coates, Antonio Gates*

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN (12): Willie Anderson* (T), Lomas Brown (T), Ruben Brown (G), Jahri Evans* (G), Olin Kreutz (C), Logan Mankins (G), Jeff Saturday (C), Joe Staley (T), Richmond Webb (T), Erik Williams (T), Steve Wisniewski (G), Marshal Yanda (G)

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN (8): John Abraham (DE also LB), Jared Allen* (DE), Robert Mathis (DE), Haloti Ngata (DT), Simeon Rice (DE), Neil Smith (DE), Vince Wilfork (DT/NT), Kevin Williams (DT)

LINEBACKERS (5): Cornelius Bennett, London Fletcher, James Harrison, Luke Kuechly, Terrell Suggs

DEFENSIVE BACKS (6): Eric Allen* (CB), Kam Chancellor (S), Rodney Harrison* (S), Earl Thomas (S), Troy Vincent (CB), Darren Woodson* (S)

SPECIAL TEAMS (3): Gary Anderson (K), Brian Mitchell (KR/PR also RB), Adam Vinatieri (K)

From here the list will be trimmed to 25 semi-finalists. That list will be compiled in about four weeks.

Senior finalist Art Powell kept out of Hall of Fame class of 2024

Raiders legend Art Powell becomes first Senior finalist in 12 years not to be voted in

Being named a Senior finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame was a virtual lock for induction in recent years. In fact, every Senior finalist since 2010 had gotten a bronze bust. So wouldn’t you know it, the first time it happened in more than a decade, it was a Raiders legend who was voted down and kept out.

Art Powell was among three players who were named Senior finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The other two were Randy Gradishar and Steve McMichael.

Gradishar and McMichael made it. Powell did not.

It was bad enough that it took the senior committee in order for Raiders greats Ray Guy, Ken Stabler and Cliff Branch to get into the Hall of Fame, but now they’re finding ways to reject them through this route as well.

It’s been 55 years since Powell, who died in 2015, played his final game. But he still holds some lofty franchise and league records to this day.

He had 81 touchdown catches in 105 games, giving him an average of 0.77 touchdowns per game. That’s second-highest ever behind only Don Hutson (0.85).

Powell led the league in receiving in 1963 (1,304), and his 16 touchdowns that season are still the franchise record. He put up a franchise-record 247 yards in a single game that year. He outdid his receiving yardage the following season. His 1,361 yards are still third in franchise history.

But when it comes to recognition among the game’s greats, Powell got snubbed again. And with former cornerback Eric Allen also not making the cut among modern-era finalists, the Raiders have been shut out from the Hall of Fame class this year.

Raiders CB Eric Allen named modern-era finalist for Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2024

CB Eric Allen named modern-era finalist for Hall of Fame class of 2024

And then there were 15.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame has trimmed their list of nominees for the class of 2024 to 15 finalists. And Raiders great CB Eric Allen is among them.

You can see the full list of finalists here.

Allen played the final four years of his 14-year career with the Raiders. He revived his career in those years, collecting 16 interceptions and 46 pass breakups including four playoff games.

Allen made six Pro Bowls over his career, including one All Pro. All happened while with the Eagles and Saints.

While Allen is the only modern-era finalist for the Raiders, the franchise also has a Senior Committee finalist in receiver Art Powell.

The Raiders have gotten several of their greats in the Hall of Fame via the Senior committee over the past few years including Ray Guy, Ken Stabler, and Cliff Branch.

The inductees will be announced as part of the NFL Honors show on February 8 in Las Vegas.

10 Raiders legends among modern-era nominees for Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2024

Modern-era nominees for the Hall of Fame class of 2024 have been announced. And plenty of Raiders made the list.

Today the Pro Football Hall of Fame released their list of the modern-era nominees for the class of 2024. Among them were 11 Raiders legends.

These are those players:

QB Rich Gannon
RB Charlie Garner
WR Andre Rison
G Steve Wisniewski
DT La’Roi Glover
DE Justin Tuck
NT Ted Washington
LB NaVorro Bowman
CB Eric Allen
P Shane Lechler

These modern-era nominees are joined by Senior Committee finalist WR Art Powell, bringing the number of Raiders nominated for the 2024 Hall of Fame class to 11.

You can see the whole list of 173 modern-era nominees and senior committee finalists here.

9 former Raiders among modern-era nominees for Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2022

9 former Raiders among modern-era nominees for Hall of Fame class of 2022

The list of modern-era nominees for the 2022 Hall of Fame class was released Wednesday. In total, there are 122 nominees. Of them are nine players who once suited up for the Raiders.

The nine Raiders legends are as follows: WR Andre Rison, G Steve Wisniewski, DT La’Roi Glover, DT Richard Seymour, DE Greg Townsend, DE Justin Tuck, DE Pat Swilling, CB Eric Allen, and CB Albert Lewis.

Richard Seymour was a finalist for the class of 2021. None are first-year eligible with all having been nominated several times before.

The list of Modern-Era nominees will be reduced to 25 Semifinalists in November and, from there, to 15 Finalists in January.

These modern-era finalists are in addition to Cliff Branch who is the lone finalist via the senior committee. Which almost always guarantees induction.

This year, Raiders greats Charles Woodson and Tom Flores both go the call. Woodson as a first-year eligible player and Flores via the senior committee.

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