Written by Sean Wagner-McCough at CBS Sports.com
On Tuesday night, the Pro Football Hall of Fame revealed the 108 nominees for the class of 2018. Headlining the group are Randy Moss, Ray Lewis, and not the Steve Smith you’re thinking of (the Steve Smith you’re thinking of — the Panthers and Ravens great — isn’t eligible yet). And yes, Terrell Owens, who is not at all happy about not already being a Hall of Famer, is on the list.
In all, there are 53 offensive players, 38 defensive players, five special teams players and 12 coaches. Here’s the entire group, via the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s website:
Quarterbacks (5):
- Randall Cunningham
- Rich Gannon
- Donovan McNabb
- Steve McNair
- Phil Simms
Running backs (10):
- Tiki Barber
- Earnest Byner
- Roger Craig
- Corey Dillon
- Eddie George
- Edgerrin James
- Lorenzo Neal
- Fred Taylor
- Herschel Walker (also KR)
- Ricky Watters
Wide receivers (13):
- Isaac Bruce
- Donald Driver
- Henry Ellard (also PR)
- Torry Holt
- Chad Johnson
- Randy Moss
- Terrell Owens
- Sterling Sharpe
- Jimmy Smith
- Rod Smith, Steve Smith
- John Taylor
- Hines Ward
Tight ends (4)
- Mark Bavaro
- Ben Coates
- Ferrell Edmunds
- Jay Novacek
Offensive linemen (21)
- Willie Anderson (T),
- Matt Birk (C)
- Tony Boselli (T)
- Lomas Brown (T)
- Ruben Brown (G)
- Ray Donaldson (C)
- Alan Faneca (G)
- Bill Fralic (G/T)
- Jay Hilgenberg (C)
- Chris Hinton (G/T)
- Kent Hull (C)
- Steve Hutchinson (G)
- Joe Jacoby (T)
- Mike Kenn (T)
- Kevin Mawae (C/G)
- Tom Nalen (C)
- Nate Newton (G)
- Bart Oates (C)
- Jeff Saturday (C)
- Richmond Webb (T)
- Steve Wisniewski (G)
Defensive linemen (11)
- La’Roi Glover (DT/NT)
- Leonard Marshall (DE/DT)
- Keith Millard (DT/NT/DE)
- Leslie O’Neal (DE)
- Michael Dean Perry (DT/DE)
- Simeon Rice (DE)
- Richard Seymour (DT)
- Neil Smith (DE)
- Greg Townsend (DE/NT/LB)
- Kyle Vanden Bosch (DE)
- Bryant Young (DT)
Linebackers (15)
- Carl Banks
- Cornelius Bennett
- Tedy Bruschi
- Seth Joyner
- Ray Lewis
- Greg Lloyd
- Wilber Marshall
- Clay Matthews
- Willie McGinest (also DE)
- Karl Mecklenburg
- Sam Mills
- Joey Porter
- Darryl Talley
- Zach Thomas
- Brian Urlacher
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