Steelers Troy Polamalu, Colts Edgerrin James elected to Hall of Fame – ESPN
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.– The NFL’s 100th season has a Hall of Fame class fit for the event.
2 of the best safeties to play in the league, a record-setting pass receiver, an increasingly competitive offensive lineman and a do-it-all running back were picked Saturday to be preserved into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
collegiately at the University of Miami, retired in 2009 with 12,246 hurrying yards to choose 3,364 lawns receiving. He was the NFL’s offensive rookie of the year in 1999 and won the league’s rushing title his first two years– with 1,553 lawns in 1999 and 1,709 in 2000.
Green Bay Packers was “among the very best games I’ve ever seen a guy play.”In the Broncos’ very first Super Bowl success, Atwater had six tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and 2 passes defensed.
“I’m not simply representing myself,” Atwater informed press reporters in Miami. “I’m representing all my people I played with– Dennis Smith, Tyrone Braxton, Mike Harden, Alfred Williams, Ray Crockett, my young boys. It’s a terrific day for all of us, and I’m truly honored and pleased it’s happening.'”
Atwater’s Monday Night Football hit on Chiefs running back Christian Okoye in 1990 likewise still accumulate views on YouTube.
“That story may have to show up a little more now,” Atwater stated Saturday. “It was once again, I believe, influenced by Dennis Smith. He was my man, my strong safety. In meetings we ‘d just take a look at film and talk about how we were going to attack him. Thankfully, I had the opportunity and it turned out well. I’ve been in other video games with some people who most likely weren’t as huge Christian Okoye was, however I ‘d increase and strike them and they got me– they get the very best of me. Certainly the timing was ideal and I was fortunate I came out on the silver lining of that.”
Bruce was 2nd perpetuity in backyards receiving– behind only Jerry Rice– when he retired from the NFL in 2009, closing out a record-setting career that started with a 34-yard touchdown on his first NFL reception.
He was an essential member of the St. Louis Rams’ “Greatest Show on Turf” offense, assembling eight 1,000-yard getting seasons. Bruce was the very first player in NFL history with at least 170 yards receiving in three successive games.
God is gracious and great to me! Tonight we rejoice in HIS faithfulness. St. Louis we headed to Canton!
— Isaac Bruce (@IsaacBruce80)
February 1, 2020 Both the Class of 2019( Champ Bailey, Tony Gonzalez and Ed Reed) and the Class of 2018 (Ray Lewis, Randy Moss and Brian Urlacher) had 3 gamers chosen in their very first year of eligibility.
“Troy was the sort of gamer who was able to affect the result of video games from his security position,” Steelers president Art Rooney II said in a statement. “And he did it with exceptional instincts that made it almost impossible for opposing offenses to predict where he would be. … Troy was really a playmaker every time he stepped on the field, and we couldn’t be happier for him.”
Atwater, a penalizing tackler nicknamed the “Smiling Assassin,” was a first-team All-Decade selection in the 1990s and started 3 Super Bowls in his profession, consisting of the Broncos’ back-to-back titles to close out the 1997 and 1998 seasons. The eight-time Pro Bowl choice had at least 100 takes on in 6 seasons.
“He was everything you might ever desire as a gamer, as a male, as a leader, as a man,” previous Broncos coach Mike Shanahan stated. “He could cover, tackle, prepare, not make any errors, everything.”
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