Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame pronounces 183 senior participant nominees for 2025: Steelers' L.C. Greenwood in working

Practically 200 former NFL gamers will get an opportunity at induction into the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame subsequent summer time. On Tuesday, the Corridor of Fame revealed its record of 183 senior gamers who might be thought of for enshrinement in Canton, Ohio, as a part of the 2025 induction class. 

Over the subsequent a number of weeks, the Corridor of Fame’s Senior Screening Committee will whittle the record right down to 50 gamers earlier than the Blue-Ribbon Committee selects three senior gamers as finalists for attainable induction. 

To obtain consideration as a senior nominee, a participant should have performed at the least 25 years in the past, had at the least 5 years of service and at the least one acknowledged postseason honor. 

Courtesy of the Corridor of Fame, this is a take a look at all the record of senior nominees. I additionally included my prediction of the three finalists which may have the perfect likelihood at induction in 2025. 

QUARTERBACKS (16): Ken Anderson, Charlie Conerly, Boomer Esiason, Roman Gabriel, James “Shack” Harris, Bobby Hebert, Jeff Hostetler, Ron Jaworski, Jack Kemp, Dave Krieg, Daryle Lamonica, Don Meredith, Jim Plunkett, Phil Simms, Joe Theismann, Doug Williams 

RUNNING BACKS (25): Alan Ameche, Ottis Anderson, Jon Arnett, Larry Brown, Timmy Brown, Earnest Byner, Roger Craig, John David Crow, Clem Daniels, Hewritt Dixon, Chuck Foreman, Willie Galimore, Pat Tougher, Marv Hubbard, Cecil Isbell, Daryl Johnston, Verne Lewellen, Christian Okoye, Invoice Osmanski, Glenn Presnell, Mark van Eeghen, Herschel Walker, Byron “Whizzer” White, Sammy Winder, Paul “Tank” Youthful 

WIDE RECEIVERS/TIGHT ENDS (31): Mark Bavaro, Gino Cappelletti, Raymond Chester, Todd Christensen, Mark Clayton, Gary Collins, Isaac Curtis, Carroll Dale, Lavvie Dilweg, Boyd Dowler, Henry Ellard, Jimmy Giles, Billie Howton, Harold Jackson, Billy “White Footwear” Johnson, Brent Jones, Homer Jones, Ken Kavanaugh, Stanley Morgan, Artwork Powell, Mike Fast, Bob Scarpitto, Sterling Sharpe, Del Shofner, Pat Studstill, John Taylor, Lionel Taylor, Otis Taylor, Rick Upchurch, Bobby Walston, Billy Wilson 

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN (28): Harris Barton, Dick Barwegan, Ed Budde, Randy Cross, Ray Donaldson, Ox Emerson, Invoice Fralic, Gale Gillingham, Kevin Glover, Charles “Buckets” Goldenberg, Wayne Hawkins, Jay Hilgenberg, Chris Hinton, Joe Jacoby, Mike Kenn, Bob Kuechenberg, George Kunz, Don Mosebar, Ralph Neely, Nate Newton, John Niland, Dick Schafrath, Luis Sharpe, Walt Sweeney, Fuzzy Thurston, Jim Tyrer, Ed White, Al Wistert 

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN (27): Lyle Alzado, George Andrie, Al “Bubba” Baker, Roger Brown, Ray Childress, Ben Davidson, Mark Gastineau, Invoice Glass, L.C. Greenwood, Rosey Grier, Wealthy Jackson, Ed “Too Tall” Jones, Sean Jones, Tom Keating, Eugene “Huge Daddy” Lipscomb, Jim Marshall, Leonard Marshall, Harvey Martin, Leslie O’Neal, Michael Dean Perry, Lou Rymkus, Tom Sestak, Otis Sistrunk, Fred Smerlas, Bubba Smith, Invoice Stanfill, Greg Townsend 

LINEBACKERS (22): Carl Banks, Maxie Baughan, Invoice Bergy, Dan Conners, Mike Curtis, Joe Fortunato, Larry Grantham, Tom Jackson, Vaughn Johnson, Lee Roy Jordan, Seth Joyner, Wilber Marshall, Rod Martin, Clay Matthews Jr., Karl Mecklenberg, Matt Millen, Tommy Nobis, Jack “Hacksaw” Reynolds, Andy Russell, Pat Swilling, Darryl Talley, Phil Villapiano 

DEFENSIVE BACKS (28): Dick Anderson, Bobby Boyd, Joey Browner, Deron Cherry, Nolan Cromwell, Thom Darden, Don Doll, Pat Fischer, Dave Grayson, Cornell Inexperienced, Merton Hanks, Lester Hayes, Albert Lewis, Terry McDaniel, Tim McDonald, Eddie Meador, Jim Norton, Lemar Parrish, Jimmy Patton, Jake Scott, Dennis Smith, Jack Tatum, Roosevelt Taylor, Mike Wagner, Everson Partitions, Dave Whitsell, Fred Williamson, Louis Wright 

PUNTERS/KICKERS (4): Jim Bakken, Norm Johnson, Sean Landeta, Nick Lowery 

SPECIAL TEAMS (2): Mel Grey, Steve Tasker 

Senior participant finalist prediction 

WR Sterling Sharpe: The older brother of Corridor of Fame tight finish Shannon Sharpe, Sterling was one of many NFL’s greatest receivers in the course of the late ’80s and early Nineties earlier than an harm prematurely ended his profession at age 29. Throughout his seven-year profession, Sharpe — who performed his total profession with the Packers (1988-94), was a five-time Professional Bowler and two-time All-Professional. He was on the receiving finish of Brett Favre’s game-winning landing go towards the Lions within the 1993 NFC playoffs. 

RB Roger Craig: The versatile Craig was a key cog within the 49ers‘ offensive machine in the course of the Nineties. He was the NFL’s first participant to file 1,000 yards speeding and receiving in the identical season, doing so in 1985. Earlier that yr, Craig grew to become the primary participant to attain three touchdowns within the Super Bowl in San Francisco’s blowout win over Miami. Craig received three Tremendous Bowls with the 49ers, was the NFL’s Offensive Participant of the Yr in 1988 and is a member of the NFL’s All-Decade Group for the Nineteen Eighties. 

DE L.C. Greenwood: Ten of Greenwood’s teammates are already in Canton, in order that truth might proceed to maintain Greenwood out of Canton. The voters, although, may look previous that and focus extra on Greenwood’s immense contribution to the Steelers‘ dynasty in the course of the Nineteen Seventies. Greenwood, a six-time Professional Bowler and member of the NFL’s All-Decade workforce of the Nineteen Seventies, retired following the 1981 season because the Steelers’ profession sack chief. He nonetheless has the file for many sacks in a single Tremendous Bowl; Greenwood took down then-Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach 4 instances in Pittsburgh’s Tremendous Bowl X win over Dallas.