The Rams could potentially add two former players to the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year with both Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce being finalists for the 2020 class. This is Bruce’s fourth year as a finalist, but Holt is getting his first taste of being one.
This week, Holt went on NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football” to stake his claim for Canton, explaining why he deserves to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. His numbers are enough of a case for him to be enshrined in Canton, but he doesn’t want to leave it just up to his stats.
“I do,” Holt said when asked if he thinks he’ll be inducted. “I feel like I’m definitely getting the respect that I worked for. And I do feel like I’ll be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Will it happen this year? I hope so, it’d be great. But I’m a finalist. It’s just a matter of when now.”
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Holt would love to get inducted in the same year as Bruce, going to Canton together. But at the same time, playing with so many great players with the Rams may hurt Holt’s case for the Hall of Fame.
“When you look at us separately, I’m actually in a different era than those guys,” he said. “I think back to my 1999 draft class, and I was doing some research, and the Rams sent me over some stuff. I outpaced the 1999 draft class by 3,000 more yards than any receiver in that draft class. Just that draft class. That in itself is pretty phenomenal, I think. That sounds yellow jacket-y. And then I was playing in an era with Marvin Harrison, Isaac Bruce, Terrell Owens, Randy Moss, Steve Smith, Hines Ward – and I was on the All-Decade team with those guys. So that just goes to show the level I was playing.
“It’ll be great if me and Isaac go in together, he’s definitely deserving. He’ll go in – hopefully it’s this year, clear a way for myself and some others.”
Holt finished his career with 13,382 yards, 74 touchdowns and seven Pro Bowl appearances. He was named a first-team All-Pro once and ranks 16th all-time in receiving yards.
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