NFL Hall of Fame, Class of 2020

[revo]

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the NFL, a 20-person class will be inducted in '20. The Hall released the Modern Era candidates (retired less than 25 years ago) today, of which 5 will be elected:

Quarterbacks
(7) – Randall Cunningham, Jake Delhomme, Boomer Esiason, Jeff Garcia, Jeff Hostetler, Dave Krieg, Donovan McNabb

Running Backs
(19) – Shaun Alexander, Mike Alstott (FB), Tiki Barber, Earnest Byner, Larry Centers, Corey Dillon, Eddie George, Priest Holmes, *Edgerrin James, Daryl Johnston (FB), Thomas Jones, Maurice Jones-Drew, Eric Metcalf (also WR/KR/PR), Lorenzo Neal (FB), Clinton Portis, Fred Taylor, Herschel Walker (also KR), Chris Warren, Ricky Watters

Wide Receivers
(12) – *Isaac Bruce, Gary Clark, Donald Driver, Henry Ellard (also PR), Torry Holt, Chad Johnson, Derrick Mason, Muhsin Muhammad, Jimmy Smith, Rod Smith, Hines Ward, Reggie Wayne

Tight Ends
(6) – Dallas Clark, Ben Coates, Keith Jackson, Brent Jones, Jeremy Shockey, Wesley Walls

Offensive Linemen
(19) – Willie Anderson (T), Matt Birk (C), *Tony Boselli (T), Lomas Brown (T), Ray Donaldson (C), *Alan Faneca (G), Kevin Gogan (G/T), Jordan Gross (T), Chris Hinton (G/T), Kent Hull (C), *Steve Hutchinson (G), Lincoln Kennedy (T/G), Olin Kreutz (C), Chris Samuels (T), Jeff Saturday (C), Brian Waters (G), Richmond Webb (T), Erik Williams (T), Steve Wisniewski (G)

Defensive Linemen
(11) – John Abraham (DE also LB), La’Roi Glover (DT/NT), Casey Hampton (DT/NT), Chester McGlockton (DT), Leslie O’Neal (DE), Simeon Rice (DE), *Richard Seymour (DT),
Justin Smith (DE), Neil Smith (DE), Greg Townsend (DT/NT), Bryant Young (DT)

Linebackers
(17) – Carl Banks, Cornelius Bennett, Lance Briggs, Tedy Bruschi, James Farrior, London Fletcher, Seth Joyner, Wilber Marshall, Clay Matthews, Willie McGinest (also DE), Sam Mills, Chris Spielman, Takeo Spikes, Darryl Talley, Zach Thomas, Jessie Tuggle, Patrick Willis

Defensive Backs
(15) – Eric Allen (CB), *Steve Atwater (S), Ronde Barber (CB/S), LeRoy Butler (S),
Nick Collins (S), Merton Hanks (S), Rodney Harrison (S), Albert Lewis (CB), *John Lynch (S), Terry McDaniel (CB), Tim McDonald (S), Troy Polamalu (SS), Bob Sanders (S),
Troy Vincent (CB), Darren Woodson (S)

Punters/Kickers
(11) – David Akers (K), Gary Anderson (K), Jason Elam (K), Jeff Feagles (P),
Jason Hanson (K), Sean Landeta (P), Ryan Longwell (K), Nick Lowery (K), Reggie Roby (P), Rohn Stark (P), Matt Turk (P)

Special Teams
(5) – Johnny Bailey (PR/KR also RB), Josh Cribbs (KR/PR also WR), Mel Gray (PR/KR also WR), Brian Mitchell (KR/PR also RB), Steve Tasker (ST also WR)

*2019 finalist

[revo]

My picks:
- Alan Faneca
- Leslie O'Neal (what a grave oversight)
- Sam Mills (ditto)
- Randall Cunningham
- Neil Smith

[madducks]

My picks:
Alan Faneca
Hines Ward
Casey Hampton
Troy Polamalu

[chancellor]

Faneca made it in, finally.

[Ken]

Faneca made it in, finally.

No, Peason made it “finally”

[madducks]

No, Peason made it “finally”

Now that he's made it, people will "finally" know how to spell his name.

[The Feral Slasher]

No, Peason made it “finally”

Coincidence ?

For three months in early 1986, Pearson worked as the weekend sports anchor at KENS Channel 5 in San Antonio, Texas.

[Ken]

Coincidence ?

For three months in early 1986, Pearson worked as the weekend sports anchor at KENS Channel 5 in San Antonio, Texas.

Actually I've met Drew 4 or 5 times. Not at my channel though.

[Hornsby]

Actually I've met Drew 4 or 5 times. Not at my channel though.

I had to produce Ahmad Rashad's first TV sportscast a million years ago...Minneapolis. Very nice man, I was taking my father out to dinner and we ran into him in the restaurant, and my Dad was floored that Ahmad knew me by name. LMAO...it was the 1st time he thought that I really had a job.

[umjewman]

Charles Woodson, hooray! Big weekend for Michigan football. Which is nice, because our current football program suuuuuuucks.