Next Year’s Pro Football Hall of Fame Class

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025 was announced Thursday night at NFL Honors. 

Jared Allen

Eric Allen

Antonio Gates

Sterling Sharpe

With Jared Allen finally making it to Canton, it’s a beautiful class. Thanks to a revised voting process, it’s a remarkably small class. The revisions weren’t necessary. There were problems that needed to be corrected. Those problems weren’t with the process. Those problems were and continue to be with the voters. Some voters have admittedly shut the door on players, coaches, and contributors that played, coached, and contributed before their time. The voters are tasked with honoring professional football’s past. All of it. If they can’t do that, they shouldn’t be voters. 

Congratulations to the new Hall of Famers.

As soon as a new Hall Class is announced, attention turns to the next one. That attention is initially focused on the players that are in their first year of eligibility. Next year’s list of newbies is loaded.

Drew Brees

Larry Fitzgerald

LeSean McCoy

Frank Gore

Jason Witten

Maurkice Pouncey

Geno Atkins

Stephen Gostkowski

Philip Rivers

Greg Olsen

Todd Gurley

Julian Edelman

Thomas Davis

Mike Iupati

Dez Bryant

David DeCastro

Drew Brees and Larry Fitzgerald can immediately get measured for their spiffy gold jacket and sit for their bust. They will headline the Class of 2026. After that, who knows? With these voting revisions, I fear another small Class and a growing backlog of players deserving of a Hall call. In predicting the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026, I’m going with the way I see it. I’m ignoring the idiotic revisions.

Drew Brees

Larry Fitzgerald

Luke Kuechly

Torry Holt

Willie Anderson

For the Hall voters that actually respect pro football’s past, here’s a stab at a couple seniors and a coach to round out the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026.

Seniors

Verne Lewellen

Al Wistert

Coach

Buddy Parker

That would be a beautiful Hall of Fame Class.