Eli Manning Nominated For 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class
I can’t believe he’s been out of the game long enough to be considered. But it’s true that Eli Manning has been nominated for the 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame class. But he is certainly not alone in that category. In fact, 167 modern-era players have been nominated. Players must have last played at least five full seasons ago to be eligible for nomination. Therefore, any individual who last played in 2019 is eligible for the first time in 2025. The nominated players consist of 94 offensive players, 56 defensive players and 17 special teams players. Sixteen of them are in their first year of eligibility.
Four offensive linemen, the highest number among any position group, are among the first-year eligible players. They are Travis Frederick, Ryan Kalil, Joe Staley and Marshal Yanda. Others making the list for consideration for the first time are: quarterback Eli Manning; running backs Marshawn Lynch and Darren Sproles; wide receiver Demaryius Thomas; tight ends Vernon Davis and Delanie Walker; linebackers Luke Kuechly and Terrell Suggs; defensive backs Antoine Bethea, Aqib Talib and Earl Thomas; and kicker Adam Vinatieri.
It’s a long process to select the nominees: Per the Pro Football Hall of Fame:
In the next step in the selection process, a Screening Committee will reduce the list to 50 (plus ties, if any, for the 50th spot). The results of that reduction will be announced in mid-October.
The full 50-person Hall of Fame Selection Committee then will reduce the list further – to 25 Semifinalists, later this fall. Another vote will create the list of 15 Finalists who will be discussed at the annual meeting ahead of Super Bowl LVIX that will produce the new class, which can consist of three, four or five Modern-Era Players under the Hall of Fame’s bylaws.
Eli Manning Nominated For 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class
Twenty Finalists will be presented to the full 50-member Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee during its annual meeting to choose the Class of 2025. Those candidates will consist of 15 Modern-Era Players Finalists, three Seniors Finalists, a Coach Finalist and a Contributor Finalist.
The Selection Committee will meet next year (on a date still to be determined) in advance of Super Bowl LVIX. While there is no set number for any class of Enshrinees, the selection process bylaws provide that between four and eight new members will be selected.
Finalists must receive at least 80% support from the Selection Committee to join the Class of 2025. The Modern-Era Player Finalists will be trimmed during the annual selection meeting from 15 to 10, then to seven. Committee members then will vote for five of the seven Finalists.
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