On Wednesday, 167 Modern-Era Players have been introduced as nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame 2025. Included within the group of 167 have been twenty San Francisco 49ers alumni (20 former gamers and one former coach), 4 of whom have been first-year eligible gamers.
- Ok David Akers
- Ok Gary Anderson
- DB Antoine Bethea*
- WR Anquan Boldin
- LB Navorro Bowman
- TE Vernon Davis*
- QB Jeff Garcia
- RB Charlie Garner
- LB Ken Norton Jr.
- LB Julian Peterson
- LB Bill Romanowski
- DB Allen Rossum
- BY Justin Smith
- LB Takeo Spikes
- T Joe Staley*
- TE Delanie Walker*
- TE Wesley Walls
- DT Ted Washington
- RB Ricky Watters
- LB Lee Woodall
- WR Wes Welker – former 49ers large receiver coach (2019-2021)
* Indicates first-time eligible participant
This preliminary Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025 nomination is considered one of a number of steps Modern-Era Players should undergo on their marketing campaign to Canton.
“In the subsequent step within the choice course of, a Screening Committee will scale back the listing to 50 (plus ties, if any, for the fiftieth spot). The outcomes of that discount will likely be introduced in mid-October.
“The full 50-person Hall of Fame Selection Committee will then scale back the listing additional – to 25 Semifinalists, later this fall. Another vote will create the listing of 15 Finalists who will likely be mentioned on the annual assembly forward of Super Bowl LVIX that may produces the brand new class, which might include three, 4 or 5 Modern-Era Players beneath the Hall of Fame’s bylaws.
“Twenty Finalists will likely be introduced to the complete 50-member Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee throughout its annual assembly to decide on the Class of 2025. Those candidates will include 15 Modern-Era Players Finalists, three Seniors Finalists, a Coach Finalist and to Contributor Finalist.
“The Selection Committee will meet subsequent 12 months (on a date nonetheless to be decided) prematurely of Super Bowl LVIX. While there is no such thing as a set quantity for any class of Enshrinees, the choice course of bylaws present that between 4 and eight new members will likely be chosen.
“Finalists should obtain at the least 80% assist from the Selection Committee to hitch the Class of 2025. The Modern-Era Player Finalists will likely be trimmed throughout the annual choice assembly from 15 to 10, then to seven. Committee members will then vote for 5 of the seven Finalists.
“This 12 months’s discount voting and the choice assembly ballots will likely be processed through an internet voting platform developed particularly for the Pro Football Hall of Fame by the agency Ernst & Young LLP. EY has overseen the election course of because the Centennial Class of 2020.
“The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 introduced By Visual Edge IT will likely be enshrined subsequent August in Canton.”