For a few players whose patience has been tested over the past decade or more, the waiting ended.
Professional Football Celebrity Hall The 2025 category was announced On Thursday night as part of the NFL Honors exhibition in New Orleans.
Eric Allen, Eric Allen, was named in his nineteenth year of his eligibility, and the end of the defense Jared Allen, in his fifth year of his eligibility, in the 2025 hall category, along with the narrow end Antonio Gates and a large -scale future. Sharp, whose career was reduced due to a congenital neck condition, was the first final list for consecration.
This year’s category was chosen by the Hall A limit in a virtual meeting. The new celebrity hall will be devoted in August in Canton, Ohio.
Below is a closer look at the 2025 category:
Eric Allen, the corner
Philadelphia Eagles1988-94; New Orleans of Saints1995-97; Auckland Reders, 1998-2001
Choosing the second round by the Eagles in 1988, Allen was a study of fixed and durable excellence. He was approaching the deadline for 20 years as a candidate for the modern era, as he played his last match in 2001. Allen played at least 15 games in 13 of his 14 seasons and was six season in 2000 in 35 years. Four of his six objections returned to landing in 1993, one of his six seasons in Pro Bowl.
Why was elected: Allen’s 54 job objections ranked twenty -first, and 14 out of 20 players in front of him in Hof. Allen Hall of Fattars John Elway, Steve Young and Jim Kelly intercepted and recounted Akman and Brett Fafr. The American Football Association led the return squares in 1993, when it received the four revenue, and it was a triple season in 2000.
He had at least five objections in six seasons, and his 34 objections are associated with the successors of the franchise record with Bill Bradley and the Verre Brian Dukens Hall. Allen was a choice of six times and chosen UPI defensive player in 1993. Allen is also the only player in the league history with two seasons with at least three returns.
The moment of signing: For many, the selection of Allen 94 yard was against Pomer Ison and New York Gates In 1993, Randal Keningham, the Eagles team, suffered earlier in the game, and Allen won the game. After that, Allen ran to Caningham, who was on the crutches on the margin, and gave Qorsbbeck the ball.
Quote: “I said to myself a long time ago,” If I managed to go to a full season and you cannot get more than two objections, then it’s time to go. ” To play. – Allen to the Talk of Fame Network about the reason for his choice of retirement after the 2001 season
Jared Allen, a defensive end
Heads of Kansas2004-07; Minnesota Vikings2008-13; Chicago Pirz2014-15; Carolina Al -Fahud2015
Allen, a choice in the fourth round by the leaders of the leaders in the 2004 draft, was a high -power and high -power player. He was one of the most desirable players for any defensive coordinator-the passage of the passage of the match to the game to the game. The 136th Allen rank ranked twelfth since the bags became an official statistic in 1982. Among 11 players in front of him, 10 in the Hall of Fame and Terril SogsAnd the eighth, was permanently this year.
Why was elected: The four professional Allen in Allen is a league record, and has routinely created transformations. He forced 32 flops, deviated from 58 passes, and he became popular with six passes and regained 19 disappearances in his career. 22 bags in 2011 tied fourth in one season. He also had eight seasons with at least 10 bags and led the league twice in the category (2007 and 2011).
These achievements followed a rock start outside the field for his professional life, which included the only identity document arrests and a suspension of the violation of drug/alcohol policy in the league. It has become five times Pro Bowl and four times all of the Pro over 12 seasons.
The moment of signing: The bags would not be permeated by pretending to the calf rope, and it was a tribute to his upbringing on the horse farm. He even threw his hands in the end as Robers did the calf to stop the watch in Rodio competitions.
Quote: “You are going through life, and there is a ripening process. I made some mistakes early in my career, and you are learning from these and growing from them. Minnesota was a place that helped me grow as a man … when I got there, I was going to change some customs and adults. – Allen, when he retired, in his time with Vikings
Antonio Gates, a narrow end
San Diego/Los Angeles chargers2003-2018
Gates, who only played basketball in the state of Kent and helped the golden gifts on the appearance of Elite Eight in 2002, was signed by unpleasant freely unknown trucks in 2003. He finished his career in the American Football Association with 955 end receptions in the history of the Football Association The American foot, 116 landing, more than others for a narrow end. Gates and Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez is the only narrow goal in the history of the league with more than 100 vocational landings.
Why was elected: Gates was the choice of Pro Bowl eight times and Stid-Time First-OP-TEAM All-PRO. He had 21 multi -touch game and eight seasons with at least eight receptions for touching land. It carries a charger record for reception parties and receipt arenas (11,841). The Chargers won four titles in the Gatees profession, and 89 touched his land on the pH from Philip Rivers a record in the US Football Association of Qurtubbere at the time of its retirement (occupies the third rank now).
The moment of signing: He had a lot on his career-constipation with one hand, his statement that turned into large plays, and accessories in the end area against their excessive defensive appearance-but his reception on 7 yards on September 17, 2017, Gates gave 112 in his career and broke the Gonzalez record in the landing Job through a narrow end.
Quote: “It was difficult to cover that we had a” bouquet base “in the QB room. We were talking through readings and plays and they all had a” bouquet base “. This meant largely, if it was individual, threw it there. – Rivers
Sterling Sharp, a wide reception device
Green Bay Bakrz1988-94
Sharp’s march was shortened due to the congenital neck condition, but only Jerry Rice got more passes and had more landing parties in the seven -season period that Sharp played. Although his professional life is shortened due to health concerns, Sharp did not miss a regular season game -112 per all. The choice of Pro Bowl has been five times and choose all-chapo three times.
Why was elected: Sharp, whose brother Shannon, had the Famir Hall, led the league at receptions in three seasons, in receiving the arenas once and receiving the landing twice. 18 pioneers in the league are still receiving a decline in his last season linked to a third total of the highest season in the history of the US Football Association. 108 Sharp concerts in 1993 set a record in one season at the time, and his record was broken in the following season with 112.
The moment of signing: Sharpe got playing in the qualifiers only once in his career in the 1993 season, which is the second year of Barrett Favre at the beginning of Green Bay. But Sharpe has made the most of it, with 100 yards in both Packers in the qualifiers. In the victory over the land card on Detroit, the ninth player in the history of the league has three receptions in a separate match.
Quote: “I am the only professional football player in the Hall of Celebrity and I am the second best player in my family.” – Shannon Sharp admits his brother in a letter of acceptance of the hall of fame
