Football Hall of Fame pares list of senior nominees
(Field Level Media) — Sixty former NFL players have made the cut to remain in consideration for selection into the seniors category of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025.
The newly formed Seniors Screening Committee whittled the list from 182 players, the Hall of Fame announced Thursday. Each player last appeared in a game in 1999 or earlier.
The list is littered with former Super Bowl winners, including quarterback Jim Plunkett; running backs Ottis Anderson and Roger Craig; defensive linemen L.C. Greenwood, Harvey Martin and Ed “Too Tall” Jones; linebackers Carl Banks and Lee Roy Jordan; and defensive backs Lester Hayes and Everson Walls.
Only one person who played primarily on special teams is included — Steve Tasker, a seven-time Pro Bowl selection who appeared in four consecutive Super Bowl losses with the Buffalo Bills in the early 1990s.
The nine-member Seniors Blue-Ribbon Committee will pare down the list further to three nominees later this year.
