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12 former #Chiefs among modern-era nominees for Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024 | from: @EdEastonJr
The NFL announced the 173 modern-era nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2024.
There are 12 former Kansas City Chiefs in the running, including return specialist Dante Hall, fullback Tony Richardson, quarterback Rich Gannon, guard Brian Waters, and first-time nominee running back Jamaal Charles.
The list will be cut to 25 semifinalists in November and 15 finalists in early January.
Here’s a look at the former Chiefs up for the Hall of Fame in 2024:
There are 16 former modern era Bears in the running for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024.
The NFL announced the 173 modern-era nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2024.
There are 16 former Chicago Bears in the running, including return specialist Devin Hester, linebacker Lance Briggs, cornerback Charles Tillman and center Olin Kretuz, as well as first-time nominees edge rusher Julius Peppers and receiver Brandon Marshall.
The list will be cut to 25 semifinalists in November and then 15 finalists in early January.
Defensive tackle Steve McMichael was recently named a senior finalist for the Class of 2024, where he’s practically a shoe-in to make it.
Here’s a look at the former Bears up for the Hall of Fame in 2024:
The Cowboys are eight-deep in the recent list of nominees for next year’s Hall enshrinement ceremony. We review the careers of each. | From @KDDrummondNFL, @ToddBrock24f7
Not every player who enters the NFL has a chance to win a championship. As one of just 53 players on a roster, close to 70 if counting practice squads and 80 if counting IR, a single individual cannot change the fortunes of an entire franchise. One man can only control his own contributions, and in that vein, earning induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame is the lifetime achievement every player strives for.
The Dallas Cowboys, winner of five Super Bowls, have had their fair share of both champions and Hall of Famers. After the most recent enshrinement, that total has climbed to 22 (the club claims). Will they get any more in the near future? On Tuesday, the Hall announced this year’s class of nominees, all 173 of them. Dallas has their fair share, with seven names on the list. With no first timers, the odds are unlikely any get in, but that doesn’t mean they are any less deserving of consideration.
Here’s a look at who the seven are and where they rank on the club’s Top 100.
Panthers great Julius Peppers, who is in his first year of eligibility for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, headlines the group of 173 Modern-Era nominees.
On Tuesday, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced 173 Modern-Era nominees for their class of 2024. Among the group are eight former Carolina Panthers players—including some franchise greats and a few all-time greats.
Here are those men:
Several Lions alumni among the 2024 nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, including two 1st-time nominees
The initial nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2024 were released on Tuesday morning. Several players with Lions ties are amongst the 173 names, including some who are eligible for the first time.
Haloti Ngata and T.J. Lang are part of the group of first-year nominees who spent some time in Detroit. Ngata played defensive tackle in Detroit from 2015-2017, while Lang — a Detroit-area native — finished his offensive guard career in 2017-2018 with the Lions.
Returning nominees who have playing roots in Detroit include:
Coach Buddy Parker is one of the Senior Finalists as well, which was previously announced.
The selection committee whittles the list down to 25 semifinalists in November.
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A handful of former Jaguars players are on the preliminary list of nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame released its preliminary list of 173 nominees for the Class of 2024, including Jacksonville Jaguars legends Fred Taylor and Jimmy Smith.
Neither name is a surprise as Taylor has advanced to the semifinalist stage of the process in each of the last four years and Smith has been a nominee in all but one year since he became eligible in 2011.
Taylor is 17th in NFL history in rushing yards behind 15 players already in the Hall of Fame and two, Frank Gore and Adrian Peterson, who will be soon.
Smith is 25th in career receiving yards and 27th in receptions.
There are nine players on the list of nominations for the first time, including running back Jamaal Charles, who played most of his career with the Kansas City Chiefs but finished it with an exceedingly brief stint in Jacksonville.
Similarly, Torry Holt — who played 10 years with the St. Louis Rams and ended his career with one season with the Jaguars — is a nominee. He was a finalist in each of the last four years, but hasn’t yet made the cut.
Andre Rison, Hardy Nickerson, and Bryce Paul are three more former Jaguars among the nominees.
In November, the 173-player list of nominees will be trimmed to 25 semifinalists. Another 10 players will be cut in January and the 15 modern-era finalists will be presented to the selection committee just before the Super Bowl.
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Champ Bailey is the latest former Washington player to return to the franchise.
Another Washington legend is returning to the fold for the Commanders’ Week 1 game against the Arizona Cardinals.
Via John Keim of ESPN, Pro Football Hall of Fame cornerback Champ Bailey will be honored as the franchise’s Legend of the Game and also serve as an honorary captain.
“Now, for several reasons, it feels like the perfect time to show up and become part of the franchise again,” Bailey said. “I’ve been wanting this for years. Timing is everything.”
Bailey was the No. 7 overall pick in the 1999 NFL draft by former general manager Charley Casserly. After five outstanding seasons in Washington, the team traded Bailey — and a second-round pick — to the Denver Broncos for running back Clinton Portis. Bailey would spend 10 seasons with the Broncos and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2019.
Portis would go on to have an excellent career for Washington, but Bailey would become one of the greatest cornerbacks in NFL history. Bailey was in a contract dispute with Washington in 2003 at the time of his trade.
During his time in Washington, Bailey was named a second-team All-Pro twice and was selected to the Pro Bowl four times.
Bailey hasn’t been back at FedEx Field since 2009, when he returned for a game while with the Broncos. Bailey has been critical of the organization — mainly former owner Dan Snyder — over the years. But since Snyder sold the organization in July, new owner Josh Harris and his partners have worked hard to repair relationships with the fan base and former players.
Former Washington running back Tim Hightower, the franchise’s director of alumni relations, has worked hard to bring back several of the franchise’s legends, including Bailey. However, former ownership complicated matters, specifically Bailey.
Bailey is the latest former player to return for Sunday’s game, joining Pro Football Hall of Fame running back John Riggins and former NFL offensive rookie of the year Robert Griffin III.
Here are 10 of the greatest high school running backs in Texas history.
Some of the most outstanding performers in the history of the sport got their start playing high school football in Texas. That tradition is especially rich at the running back position, where the state has produced several all-time special athletes. Some of them went on to win Heisman trophies, others had prestigious awards named after them and some even played in the NFL and became Pro Football Hall of Famers.
Here are 10 of the greatest high school running backs in Texas history. All high school stats are courtesy of MaxPreps.
Here are the players to watch for the Tigers.
The most prominent name presently connected to Tennessee State is coach Eddie George, once one of the NFL’s most prominent running backs. While George did not attend Tennessee State, over 100 NFL players have. Among them are Pro Football Hall of Famer Richard Dent and Ed “Too Tall” Jones, the top overall pick in the 1974 draft who played 15 seasons for the Dallas Cowboys.
Saturday’s game is prominent in that it’s the first time Notre Dame has played a program from the Football Championship Subdivision. If that had to happen, and many Irish fans weren’t happy about it when it was announced, at least the Irish are playing a historically Black university and not some seemingly random FCS school that the Alabamas and Ohio States of the world love to schedule to inflate their College Football Playoff resumes.
Statistically, here are the top returning players on this year’s Tigers from 2022:
Another disappointing day for Jacoby and Washington fans.
There was real momentum this summer for legendary Washington offensive tackle Joe Jacoby to finally take his rightful place in the Pro Football of Fame in 2024.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be — again — as the Hall of Fame’s Seniors Committee trimmed the list of finalists for 2024 from 12 down to three. Jacoby was excluded, while former Broncos linebacker Randy Gradishar, former Bears defensive tackle Steve “Mongo” McMichael and former Eagles, Raiders, Vikings and Bills wide receiver Art Powell were named as finalists.
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Three Seniors have been named Finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2024.
They are:
-Randy Gradishar
-Steve McMichael
-Art PowellFull Story: https://t.co/a4rWvVoKWH pic.twitter.com/8SL3GZe0uA
— Pro Football Hall of Fame (@ProFootballHOF) August 23, 2023
Somehow, Jacoby continues to be left out of the Hall of Fame.
This isn’t to diminish the three finalists. Gradishar, McMichael and Powell all belong, too. And we aren’t going to run down Jacoby’s list of accomplishments — again. Do we even need to at this point?
Does the Hall of Fame committee recognize the importance of offensive line play? Did they skip the 1980s? Do they remember “The Hogs?” We would really like to hear their “arguments” for continuing to deny Jacoby.
It’s honestly a joke at this point. Congrats to Gradishar, McMichael and Powell. But Jacoby belongs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
