Regardless of age, Evans has had an impressive start to his career. James was a first-team All-Pro as a rookie, and while he missed 11 games in 2019 with a foot injury, he should get back on track in 2020. He will be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Since 1970, 55 players who are eligible for Canton have hit that 8+2 mark, and 52 of them earned enshrinement. Rodgers is a three-time All-Pro, a member of the 2010s All-Decade Team and so much more. If a receiver can enter the league and perform well right away at a boyish age, that speaks well for his future as he develops. After being retired for five years, players maintain modern-era eligibility for 20 years, after which their cases go to the seniors committee. Not all elite prospects turn into Hall-of-Famers, but given Evans draft capital, physical profile and college production, its reasonable to say that what hes done in the NFL hasnt been a random fluke. (You might remember Mitchell Trubisky in the Pro Bowl in 2018.) In one of Coach Saban's press conferences, he spoke about some of the questions asked by the players to . But Thomas rsum with six first team All-Pro selections and 10 Pro Bowl trips helped overcome any shortcomings with team success. What will define Eric Bieniemy's success? Round 1: Kiper | McShay | NFL Nation Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Work to do (10% to 39%): WR JuJu Smith-Schuster, G David DeCastro, DE Cameron Heyward, S Minkah Fitzpatrick. He previously worked as the sports editor at the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Work to do (10% to 39%): LB Tremaine Edmunds. Subscribe to Stathead Football: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Pro Football Reference Database. Watt, with his three Defensive Player of the Year awards with the Texans, will for sure give Houston another Hall of Famer. Theyre easily first-ballot selections. When a group consists of you and Jerry Rice, you've done something right. Members of the Ring of Honor are recognized with a banner on the facade of the Metrodome's upper deck, forever living in Vikings lore. Wilson hasn't missed a game as a pro, so as long as he plays another five or six seasons and continues to rank among the better quarterbacks in football, he should be fine. Erica Farber. In the running (40% to 69%): OT Trent Williams. The best trade Andy Reid ever made was moving up in the draft for Mahomes in 2017. While injuries have cost Watt 32 games over the past four seasons, his unprecedented four-season peak from 2012 to 2015 locked up things. Five of the 40 defensive players chosen among the top three picks of the draft since 1970 who are eligible for the Hall are enshrined, a percentage that will rise as players like Julius Peppers and Von Miller eventually become eligible. Smith-Schuster had a down 2019 season amid injuries and terrible quarterback play; he should bounce back to his 1,426-yard form from 2018. Gilmore wasn't on track to become a Hall of Famer before he joined the Patriots, having made one Pro Bowl across his first five seasons in Buffalo, but he has made back-to-back first-team All-Pro teams and then won Defensive Player of the Year last season. You could also make the argument that Murray should be up a level after being taken with the No. If Kelce can earn that nod in 2020, that might be enough to get him in. Collins retired with 70 touchdown receptions, sixth-best total in NFL history at the time and more than Hall of Fame receivers Lynn Swann, Art Monk, Bobby Mitchell, Michael Irvin and John Stallworth. Likely (70% to 99%): WR DeAndre Hopkins, CB Patrick Peterson. While the wide receiver logjam is a disaster for Hall of Fame voters, Moss should present a no-brainer case one day as a first-ballot choice. Stafford posted gaudy numbers earlier in his career when the Lions had him lead the league in attempts, but he has made it to one Pro Bowl and hasn't won a playoff game in 11 seasons. QB Anthony Richardson rejects 'project label' entering combine, Texans terminate center Justin Britt's contract, Bun B, Badu, J.J. Watt celebrate RodeoHouston Southern Takeover. Returning to form and earning a seventh Pro Bowl nod in his first season with the Ravens got Thomas back on track. Barr made four consecutive Pro Bowls from 2015 to 2018, but it'll be tough for him to get the first-team All-Pro votes he'll need for Canton without racking up significant sack totals. (Justin Simmons, who was one of the NFL's best safeties a year ago, is still waiting for his first Pro Bowl appearance.). As he turns 30 in September, Gilmore probably needs at least two more seasons in which he has a credible case as the best cornerback in football -- or a really long peak. He was nearly a lock after making four Pro Bowls and three first-team All-Pro nods across his first five seasons, but injuries have cost Thomas 20 games over the subsequent four years. Rivers is probably the most difficult case to parse among veteran players. Work to do (10% to 39%): WR Adam Thielen, LB Anthony Barr. While guys like Franco Harris and Champ Bailey managed to make it to the Hall with similar starts to their careers, standouts like Chris Hinton, Ricky Watters and Donovan McNabb have come up short without getting to that next level. Kamara took a step backward last season when he ran into some touchdown regression, but he still did enough to earn his third Pro Bowl appearance in three years. Grading the Jamal Adams trade Harold Carmichael and Isaac Bruce will enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August. Of the seven players eligible for the Hall of Fame who made it to the Pro Bowl in their age-21 campaign, six are in the Hall. On a weekly basis, Evans is a volatile player, but his year-over-year production has been incredibly consistent. The site navigation utilizes arrow, enter, escape, and space bar key commands. Adams hasn't been able to break through the Julio Joneses of the world to earn a first-team All-Pro spot, which is probably where he needs to get. March 25, 2020 9:36 pm ET. JAX | KC | LAC | LAR | LV | MIA | MIN 1. Longtime teammate Jeff Bagwell, meanwhile, had to wait until his seventh year on the ballot before gaining enshrinement to Cooperstown. Tom Fears, WR, UCLA, 11th round, 103rd overall: The closest comp is Ken Anderson, who had a similar peak and won an MVP award but didn't last quite as long and hasn't been able to get in. . Martin, who also turns 30 during the season, might not even need another nod. He's the second-most productive receiver in football history. The list of players who have done that isn't long, as it consists of Lawrence Taylor, Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, Patrick Willis, Aaron Donald and Martin. Mahomes' rsum -- a league MVP and Super Bowl MVP -- is usually enough to get a player into the Hall of Fame, let alone doing it over two seasons as a starter. The Hall site draws a distinction, interestingly, between wide receivers and ends. The Cowboys are blessed with two linemen bound for Canton. Dan Orlovsky denounces the NFL Network's Top 100 players for 2020 for excluding Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz. Pro Football Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Village. AP Photo/Harold Filan. Both are among the all-time leaders in every notable stat at their positions. Of all the young receivers, Moss is the only one to accomplish more through the first five seasons of his career. Roethlisberger won two Super Bowls with the Steelers and spent 18 seasons as Pittsburghs starter. I haven't included players who I believe have no more than a 10% chance of making it into the Hall. Witten is also the only Hall of Fame candidate on the Raiders' roster. Everyone but Hill is either a lock or extremely likely to make it in. On the latest episode of the Let's Go! Art Monk. Wide receiver, Arizona Cardinals Larry Fitzgerald's career stats: 1,432 receptions for 17,492 yards and 121 touchdowns One of the greatest wide receivers of all time, and certainly among the most dominant of his era, Fitzgerald will likely be a first-ballot Hall of Famer sometime around 2026. Lock (100%): QB Patrick Mahomes. Heres what those guys did in their first five seasons and where they rank among all receivers in the age-21-to-25 cohort. But history tells us that's a lot to ask. Guy made only one Pro Bowl after turning 30, and Hekker probably needs a couple more All-Pro appearances to earn serious consideration. He might not make it on the first ballot, but he should make it eventually. To contrast with a Hall of Famer, Derrick Brooks had six Pro Bowls and three All-Pro appearances by this point. Lattimore has two Pro Bowl appearances in his first three seasons; if you throw out early-career players like Lattimore, Jalen Ramsey and Marcus Peters, eight of the 11 corners to pull that off since the merger are either in the Hall of Fame or going there. Meanwhile on offense, receiver Allen Robinson's three-year, $46.5 million contract (signed last spring) comes with $15.2 million guaranteed in 2023. In the running (40% to 69%): QB Cam Newton, CB Stephon Gilmore. Adam Vinatieri will eventually join Jan Stenerud and Morten Andersen, but those guys averaged 22 seasons in the league. Watt is off to a dominant start, having racked up 34.5 sacks over three seasons while earning two Pro Bowl nods and a first-team All-Pro berth last season. 260 players who could win MVP I'll start with the two young players. Will OBJ defy his long-shot odds to lead NFL in receiving yards? If the Falcons had held on to their lead and won the Super Bowl, Ryan would have won game MVP, and his 2016 probably would have been enough for a gold jacket. Wait, Joe Burrow? Many of the modern-era players to whom hes statistically comparable played well into their 30s. At the same time, Green has missed 23 games over the past two years with injuries. Ten years after he retires, we're more likely to look at his two first-team All-Pro nods and forget those times he guessed wrong and gave up touchdowns with the Chiefs and Rams. Lock (100%): DE J.J. Watt. There are four notable first-time eligibles on this ballot: running back Adrian Peterson, tight end Rob Gronkowski, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and wide receiver Antonio Brown. Hightower has made huge plays in two Super Bowls, having stuffed Marshawn Lynch at the 1-yard line and strip-sacked Matt Ryan, but he has rarely gotten the regular-season attention he deserves. Quarterbacks like Ken Anderson, Boomer Esiason and Steve McNair won league MVP without earning enshrinement. The only thing Pouncey is missing is a Super Bowl appearance. He also has worked at the Austin American-Statesman and Temple Daily Telegram. Tight ends have relatively short careers, which makes projecting their Hall chances exceedingly difficult. He probably needs to keep that streak going for a couple more years or rack up another 15-sack campaign to move the needle to Likely. Like Campbell, Heyward didn't earn widespread notoriety until he was approaching 30, with the Steelers star becoming a first-team All-Pro and Pro Bowler for the first time in his seventh season. His PFR Hall of Fame score of 94.2 ranks ahead of several wide receivers already in the Hall of Fame, including Michael Irvin, Art Monk, Andre Reed and Lynn Swann. Mosley's case, meanwhile, has stalled in New York. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Kelce has been a first-team All-Pro three consecutive times, although he oddly didn't make the Pro Bowl in two of those campaigns. You can't make the Hall of Fame while you're still in pads, but Mike Evans has been making his case over the past six seasons. Left and right arrows move across top level links and expand / close menus in sub levels. If you think this is too early for the 2019 seventh overall pick, think again. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. He has been phenomenal while winning one Super Bowl, and came within an interception of winning a second, but he has also never been considered the best quarterback in football or garnered a single MVP vote. I think he'll end up getting in because he has simply racked up numbers year after year without missing much time, although I could also see an argument that he hasn't done enough outside of that one brilliant year. Edelman's career as a starter really didn't begin until he was 27, so while his case is built on postseason performance, I still don't think he has the regular-season production needed to supplement a case. Evans has a chance to continue making history in 2022. Hes No. Will the Dolphins get a veteran QB? Seymour made it to seven Pro Bowls and three All-Pro teams and hasn't made it to the Hall of Fame, but Thomas was more conspicuous at safety and was a key member of a legendary defense. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Naturally, now seems like a good time to look forward. As it stands, though, Gurley doesn't have enough on his rsum to get in. I think the PED suspensions could help keep out players like Edelman and Lane Johnson, but it's tough to imagine Peterson not making it. Gurley was a first-team All-Pro in 2017 and 2018, but he wasn't able to clinch a rushing title and didn't look like his old self last season. These NFL wide receivers do not count toward our list of 10 worthy Hall of Famers. you might say Moss, Larry Fitzgerald and DeAndre Hopkins. Interior OL | Edge Twelve of the 29 Hall-eligible players who have started their careers with three consecutive Pro Bowl nods have made it to Canton. Work to do (10% to 39%): DE Chase Young, S Landon Collins. The superstar edge rusher has made the Pro Bowl every year except 2013, when he was suspended before going down with a torn ACL. He has two first-team All-Pro appearances over the past five years, but it's likely too little, too late. He rarely gets the public attention he deserves, but the Pro Bowl voters haven't ignored the interior disruptor, who has earned eight Pro Bowl nods and a pair of first-team All-Pro votes. Evans is just one of four NFL players ever to have 1,000 yards receiving as a 21-year-old rookie. In 1996, he decided to play football full-time. Contemporaries Torry Holt and Reggie Wayne also made the finalists cut from 15 to 10 with Johnson, but likewise didnt gain election. Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor. In fact, a future Hall of Fame wide receiver recently revealed that Rodgers tried to recruit him over to the Packers. Evans is on pace to join Randy Moss as the only other player in NFL history to open his career with six consecutive 1,000-yard receiving campaigns. He'll have a better shot once reunited with Kyle Shanahan in San Francisco. CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GB | HOU | IND Not knowing anything else about Burrow beyond where and when he was drafted, his Hall of Fame chances before starting his career come in by that small sample around 20%. Pro Football Reference's Hall of Fame monitor ranks Edelman 110th among wide receivers, and that gives him credit for winning three Super Bowls. Panthers impressed by Derek Carr visit With three rushing titles, a 2,000-yard season and an MVP award in his trophy room, Peterson will be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Likely (70% to 99%): WR Michael Thomas. Although the Texans struggled through much of his career with the team, the franchise and fans always knew they could rely on him for stellar numbers. He needs to have a second act and have another selling point -- either winning a Super Bowl, competing for another MVP award or making it to a handful of Pro Bowls -- to have a viable path to a gold jacket. In the running (40% to 69%): CB Tre'Davious White. I had Wagner as a lock when I first compiled this list. Gates, a former college basketball player, had one of the greatest careers for an undrafted player, logging 16 seasons with the Chargers. Just six of 32 Hall-eligible winners made it to Canton, although that's going to rise in the years to come as the likes of Charles Woodson and Julius Peppers win enshrinement. The only wide receiver from Carmichael's era who had more TD catches was Paul Warfield, who had 85. Pro Football WR Hall of Fame Monitor The Pro Football Reference Hall of Fame Monitor (HOFm) is a metric designed to estimate a player's chances of making the Pro Football Hall of Fame using AV, Pro Bowls, All-Pros, championships, and various stat milestones. The first game of the 2023 NFL calendar is . In other words, instead of trying to project their chances by guessing what they'll do in the future, I'm looking at what they've done so far, comparing them to players at similar points in their careers, and seeing how often players with those sorts of careers made it into the Hall of Fame. Mosley. Below them are the players who are In the running (between 40% and 69%), and then the players who have Work to do to get on the Hall of Fame radar, who come in between 10% and 39%. 7 overall in the 2014 draft at the age of 20. The suspension hurts Peterson's chances, but with eight Pro Bowls and three All-Pro appearances across his first eight seasons, his prior track record was impeccable. Buckner made the Pro Bowl in 2018, but he was otherwise underappreciated during his four seasons in the Bay Area. From 2000-2003, Randy Moss put up video game numbers: 376 receptions, 5,649 yards and 49 touchdowns. As long as Willis gets in, Wagner could retire tomorrow and follow his former rival right through the front door. For now, Tom Brady and J.J. Watt lead the list of this years retirees wholl be on the ballot in 2028. He's ahead of guys like Von Miller, Dwight Freeney, Terrell Suggs and Bruce Smith, and while he played more games than all but Suggs, the fact that he was a productive pass-rusher from the jump as a 21-year-old is a positive. In the running (40% to 69%): DT Ndamukong Suh. He has made five consecutive Pro Bowls and has three first-team All-Pro nods to go with his Defensive Player of the Year trophy from 2016. Hill's game still relies on speed, so he could be more susceptible to a career shortened by injuries than most other candidates, but if he gets three more seasons with Mahomes, he's probably in. The former Panthers quarterback has two other Pro Bowl nods besides that 2015 season, although he hasn't received a nomination since. Unless Evans has a Powell-esque decline or gets radically overshadowed by a teammate la Holt with Isaac Bruce, then Evans seems to have a good chance to get into the Hall eventually. He made only two Pro Bowls with the Cardinals, which was a farce. Football Insiders with Trey Wingo. Williams made seven consecutive Pro Bowls before sitting out the 2019 season and forcing a trade to the 49ers. All of these guys have something in their favor, but it isn't enough to propel them to meaningful consideration as of yet. Greg Rajan is the senior editor for Texas Sports Nation, the Houston Chronicle's sports website, and also curates the daily TXSN newsletter and writes about sports media. A healthy, available Garrett is a Defensive Player of the Year candidate and could rise quickly. I'll do a little bit of projecting here and there, given historical aging curves and what we know about each player's injury history, but this is almost entirely about what each player has done so far. Top-10 picks who make it to the Pro Bowl as rookies have a great track record. Rent the Hall. Worthy Hall of Fame (HOF) NFL Wide Receivers: The shoo-ins Let's start by running through five obvious cases of overly-qualified receivers who have not yet been enshrined. Here's everything we know, Richardson sets QB mark for vertical, broad jump, QB Young 5-10 1/8, 204 pounds at NFL combine, Sources: Patriots tell QB Hoyer he's being cut, Horns' Robinson: Versatility worthy of early pick, Jones: Not fixated on Cowboys' drought, just '23, Sources: Raiders plan franchise tag for Jacobs, WR Addison to Steelers' Pickett: 'Come get me', Wolverines' Turner wows with 4.26 40 at combine, Everything you need to know about Geno Smith's contract negotiations. Gore isn't quite a lock because he has never been a first-team All-Pro or won a Super Bowl, and he has only one top-five finish in a rushing title race (third in 2006). SEA | TB | TEN | WSH. Pro Football Reference's Hall of Fame monitor ranks Edelman 110th among wide receivers, and that gives him credit for winning three Super Bowls. Ingram wasn't very good for extended stretches of time until his fourth season in the league in New Orleans, and while he has made three Pro Bowls since, he hasn't had a top-five season in terms of production or won a Super Bowl. Work to do (10% to 39%): QB Carson Wentz, TE Zach Ertz, CB Darius Slay. He could roll off a string of these nods in the years to come. Likely (60% to 99%): RB Frank Gore. Unlike Gurley, McCaffrey didn't win Offensive Player of the Year or make a deep playoff run. All but. Matthew Freedman (@MattFtheOracle) November 4, 2019. Thielen only emerged as a starter after turning 26, which means he would have to play into his late 30s to have a chance at racking up the cumulative stats modern wide receivers will need for enshrinement. Heres what you need to know. Honestly, the biggest factor holding Evans back right now is his team: The Bucs dont attract a lot of national attention, and they havent been to the postseason since 2007. Syndication Packersnews Pictured: Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans (13). Gore had the misfortune of playing for some bad San Francisco and Indianapolis teams, but his numbers are certainly impressive. With their city hosting the Final Four, the Cougars don't shy from national title talk. Bosa's case is trickier, in part because he missed four games in 2016 and nine games in 2018 with injuries. He was a Pro Bowler in 2017 and has 37.5 sacks over his first four pro seasons, but he was overshadowed a bit by Campbell over that time frame. Itll be interesting to see if his postseason prowess carries him, as it arguably did Lynn Swann in his eventual election. Last season was the first time Peterson missed an NFL game or failed to make the Pro Bowl, with both owing to his six-game PED suspension. Likely (70% to 99%): S Earl Thomas. Things would be different if he had actually won the MVP award or been the quarterback who ran the Eagles through the playoffs in 2017. In a normal universe, we would be celebrating the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2020 right about now. Scouting reports | More draft coverage. Unfortunately, Houston fans have had to wait through the years to see their stars get inducted. Seymour has a better rsum and more Super Bowl rings and hasn't made it in, but he peaked earlier in his career; if Campbell can stay productive and win a ring or two with the Ravens, it might push him into more significant consideration. He is a three-time Defensive Player of the Year, joining Lawrence Taylor as the only three-time winners of the award. 1 pick and winning Offensive Rookie of the Year, but that hasn't historically been a helpful combination. This trio is. Carmichael was one of the best wide receivers of his era. In the running (40% to 69%): RB Saquon Barkley. Winning an MVP in Year 2 obviously leaps Jackson into consideration on its own, but it doesn't seal it. When I last attempted something like this column in June 2016, I gave Beckham a 50% chance of making the Hall of Fame after two dominant seasons as a pro. The Hall is forgiving of running backs, and Bell's versatility should age well, but he has missed a lot of time through injuries, suspensions and his 2018 holdout. Around the NFL Writer. We still have no idea how Thomas will perform, but if we look back through history, four of the 32 offensive linemen since 1970 who were drafted with a top-five pick have made it to the Hall of Fame. Early in a player's career, I'm also comfortable using draft status as an estimate of talent until they establish themselves as pros, which will lead to some very inexperienced players making this list. That might bode well for Suggs case, especially with the premium placed on pass rushers in the modern NFL. In related news, the Cowboys also have a running back likely bound for the Hall. Leonard, with one All-Pro spot and a Pro Bowl appearance last year, is right behind. Unless he really hangs on into his 40s, he'll finish as the second-most-productive tight end in history, behind Tony Gonzalez. If he can stay healthy, he's probably going to retire in the top 10 for career passing yardage, but will that really be enough to get him in without more individual awards or team success? What will the Buffalo Bills do without defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier? To use an example, I don't think Eli Manning has the rsum of a Hall of Fame quarterback, but history tells us that most quarterbacks who win two Super Bowls typically get in. Center Rodney Hudson deserves more attention, but he has been stuck behind Maurkice Pouncey in the AFC and has only three Pro Bowls to show across his seven years as a starter with the Chiefs and Raiders. Kiper's draft grades for every team That's just about a magic formula for getting into the Hall. He started his career with seven Pro Bowls in seven seasons, which is rarefied air. Erica Farber and Bill Siemering, prominent figures in U.S. commercial radio and public radio, respectively, are among eight new members of the Radio Hall of Fame. Even if Hopkins takes a step backward without Deshaun Watson, he's probably just a couple of Pro Bowls from getting in. The Ring of Honor recognizes Vikings legends for their contributions to the success of the team on and off the field. He probably needs two more All-Pro seasons to finalize his case. Watson is one of the best quarterbacks in football, although he might struggle to earn first-team All-Pro nods when stuck in the same time frame as Mahomes. Aaron Rodgers has had a lack of weapons on the Green Bay Packers And as much as everyone loves Boldin, he was never dominant enough to keep his former teammate out of Canton. Pro Football Reference Hall of Fame Monitor, Frequently Asked Questions about the NFL and Football, Pro-Football-Reference.com Blog and Articles, Subscribe to Stathead Football: Get your first month FREE. He was selected No. Jones is likely to top 13,000 receiving yards and earn his eighth Pro Bowl nod this season, which should be enough to seal things for the superstar wideout. In the running (40% to 69%): C Maurkice Pouncey, LB T.J. Watt. The former Ozen High star and 14-year NBA vet has more on his mind than basketball, offering essays on life, his family and America. Cliff Branch and Herman Moore are two of the few exceptions, but their performance fell off significantly after their third All-Pro trip and never recovered to their prior level. Likely (70% to 99%): QB Russell Wilson, LB Bobby Wagner. Adams has two Pro Bowls and an All-Pro nod across his first three seasons, putting him in a group with safeties such as Kenny Easley, Steve Atwater, Ed Reed and Troy Polamalu. The Notre Dame product probably needs a second one to have a viable shot at Canton. This was. NFL Nation: Analysis for every pick Likely (70% to 99%): TE Rob Gronkowski. Jones now has five consecutive seasons with at least 10 sacks. The Defensive Player of the Year candidate was named a first-team All-Pro in 2015 and 2019, but he hasn't received any other nominations across his other five pro seasons. Jeremy Fowler polled a panel of more than 50 coaches, execs, scouts and players to come up with top-10 rankings for 2020: QB | RB | TE | WR | OT The former LSU corner was already a star on the field after his 2018 campaign, but getting that first nod is usually tougher than getting invited back. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, September 1st at: www.radiohalloffame.com.
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