Former Gopher Tony Dungy one of 15 finalists for Pro Football Hall of Fame

[BleedGopher]

per NFL.com:

The modern era finalists were announced Thursday night on NFL Network's "Pro Football Hall of Fame: The Final 15." Twenty five semifinalists were announced in November, so ten men did not make it through this cutdown. Two senior nominees, punter Ray Guy and defensive end Claude Humphrey, were selected as finalists in August by the Hall of Fame's Senior Selection Committee.

Here's the complete list:

Morten Andersen
Jerome Bettis
Derrick Brooks
Tim Brown
Edward DeBartolo
Tony Dungy
Kevin Greene
Charles Haley
Marvin Harrison
Walter Jones
John Lynch
Andre Reed
Will Shields
Michael Strahan
Aeneas Williams

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap20...-leads-15-pro-football-hall-of-fame-finalists

Go Gophers!!

 

[cemba99]

Great to see Tony make the final fifteen - looking at this list I would say he certainly has a shot. Unfortunately another former Gopher, Karl Mecklenberg did not make the cut down to 15 (he was one of the 25 semi-finalists).