Senior Bowl Hall of Fame

The Senior Bowl announced that five new members will be inducted into the game’s Hall of Fame. 

Cameron Jordan, California

Patrick Surtain, Southern Mississippi

Joe Staley, Central Michigan

Fred Taylor, Florida

Reggie Wayne, Miami

All were terrific college football players. All had terrific NFL careers. Cameron Jordan is still having a terrific NFL career. 

The Senior Bowl has been honoring the all-star game’s great players since 1988. I knew that the East-West Shrine Bowl honored past players. I attended a Shrine Bowl game at Stanford during which Alan Page was honored. That was a real treat. It only follows that the Senior Bowl does the same. It seems a little strange to have a Hall of Fame of players and coaches for the accomplishments in a single game. I’m a fan of nearly any attempt to honor the past. 

A quick count of the Senior Bowl Hall of Fame members has 44 of them going on to Pro Football Hall of Fame careers. Including the curious presence of Wellington Mara. He must’ve been a supportive or selection presence over the years. 

HALL OF FAME MEMBERS:

 

CHARTER CLASS OF 1988

Joe Green, Lee Roy Jordan, Steve Largent, Joe Namath, Walter Payton, Bubba Smith, Pat Sullivan, Jim Taylor, Travis Tidwell

CLASS OF 1989
Ed Jones, Ozzie Newsome, John Stallworth, Gene Upshaw, Jack Youngblood

CLASS OF 1990
Paul Brown, Tucker Frederickson, Jerry Kramer, Neil Lomax, Wellington Mara, Finley McRae, Jack Pardee, Rae Schuessler

CLASS OF 1991
Morten Andersen, James Brooks, Dave Butz, Weeb Ewbank, Doug Williams

CLASS OF 1992
Franco Harris, Mike Holovack , Sam Huff, Dan Marino, Don Shula, Pat Swilling

CLASS OF 1993
Cornelius Bennett, Paul 'Bear' Bryant, Ralph 'Shug" Jordan, Tom Landry, Marty Schottenheimer, Lynn Swann

CLASS OF 1994
Robert Brazile, Rickey Jackson, Mark Rypien, Jim Simpson

CLASS OF 1995
Bob Baumhower, Pat Dye, Bo Jackson, Gene Washington

CLASS OF 1996
James Lofton, Dick Steinberg, Kellen Winslow

CLASS OF 1997
Bob Hayes, Sterling Sharpe, Doak Walker

CLASS OF 1998
Jim McMahon, Ray Nitschke, Thurman Thomas

CLASS OF 1999
Tom Banks, Dale Carter, Paul Krause, Albert Lewis, Randall McDaniel, Ark Monk, E.B. Peebles Jr, Derrick Thomas, Roger Wehrli

CLASS OF 2000
Hanford Dixon, Brett Favre, Chuck Howley

CLASS OF 2001
William Andrews, Ron Jaworski, Eddie Robinson

CLASS OF 2002
Todd Christensen, Bert Jones, Steve McNair

CLASS OF 2003
Terry Beasley, Jeremiah Castille, Ted Hendricks

CLASS OF 2004
Derrick Brooks, Christian Okoye, Richard Todd

CLASS OF 2005
Larry Allen, Al Del Greco, Ray Perkins

CLASS OF 2006
Curtis Martin, Tony Nathan, Michael Strahan

CLASS OF 2007
E.J. Junior, Jake Plummer, Hines Ward

CLASS OF 2008
Dean Kleinschmidt, Kevin Mawae, Brian Urlacher

CLASS OF 2009
Shaun Alexander, Jason Taylor

CLASS OF 2010
Larry Johnson, Terrell Owens

CLASS OF 2012
Keith Brooking, Donovan McNabb, Dan Reeves

CLASS OF 2013
John Abraham, Sylvester Croom, Aeneas Williams

CLASS OF 2014
Torry Holt, Bill Kollar, DeMarcus Ware

CLASS OF 2015
Woodrow Lowe, Tony Richardson, Kyle Williams

CLASS OF 2016
Steve Hutchinson, Tamba Hali, Bill Curry

CLASS OF 2017
Blaine Bishop, Jim Harbaugh, Lance Briggs

CLASS OF 2018
Al Wilson, Phil Villapiano, Jay Novacek

CLASS OF 2019
Rodney Hudson, Demarco McNeil, Billy Neighbors

CLASS OF 2021

Reggie Wayne, Cam Jordan, Patrick Surtain, Joe Staley, Fred Taylor

 

*No class in 2011 due to NFL Lockout

*No class in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic