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2014 Hall of Fame Weekend Class of 2014 Enshrinement, Nfl/Hall of Fame Game Kicks Off Nfl’S 95Th Season For Immediate Release For More Information, Contact: July 31, 2014 Joe Horrigan at (330) 588-3627 Pete Fierle at (330) 588-3622 2014 HALL OF FAME WEEKEND CLASS OF 2014 ENSHRINEMENT, NFL/HALL OF FAME GAME KICKS OFF NFL’S 95TH SEASON Attention Media - The following information is being provided to present a complete picture of the major events and personalities that will be involved at the Pro Football Hall of Fame during the period surrounding the Enshrinement Ceremony on Aug. 2, and the NFL/Hall of Fame Game on Sunday, August 3. | NOTE: Media covering the Enshrinement Weekend in Canton are strongly encouraged to reference the Hall’s media site for complete media information and an up-to-date media schedule. It will be continually updated throughout the week and weekend. ProFootballHOF.com/media (log-in: canton) CONTENTS • Tickets still available • Class of 2014 Enshrinees o Derrick Brooks | Ray Guy | Claude Humphrey | Walter Jones | Andre Reed | Michael Strahan | Aeneas Williams • Buccaneers staff flying to Canton • Presenters • Class of 2014 Media Availability • Gold Jackets – More than 100 Hall of Famers returning to Canton • NFL Legends • 11 Art Project • Gold Jacket Dinner • Three members of Class of 2014 from Historically Black Colleges o Tennessee State and Texas Southern bands to perform • 2014 Enshrinement Ceremony • Award Winners • First Play and Ambassador Programs • Enshrinees GameDay Roundtable • 2014 NFL/Hall of Fame Game – New York Giants vs. Buffalo Bills o Giants and Bills HOF Game results o National Broadcasts on NBC Sunday Night Football and Westwood One Radio o Jim Kelly and Harry Carson to serve as honorary captains o Famous NFL debuts in Canton • Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival 2 TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE Tickets are still available for the 2014 Enshrinement Ceremony and NFL/Hall of Fame Game and can be purchased online through Thursday, July 31 at 5:00 p.m. EDT, or by calling 877-464-9526 or on campus at the Public Will Call located by Gates 1 & 2 at the highway end of Pro Football Hall of Fame Field through the weekend. Will Call Hours Friday: 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Saturday: 9:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. CLASS OF 2014 The addition of the Class of 2014 will bring to 287 the number of pro football greats who have earned their sport’s highest honor. Derrick Brooks Linebacker • 6’0” 232 • Florida State • 1995-2008 Tampa Buccaneers 14 seasons, 224 games • Selected by Buccaneers in 1st round (28th player overall) of 1995 NFL Draft • Never missed game during 14-season career • Started all but three games rookie season • Never missed a start for remainder of career • Earned All-Rookie honors after finishing second on team with 80 tackles • In 1997, led Bucs to first postseason appearance since 1981 • Topped team with 182 total tackles, 1.5 sacks, two interceptions, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and 10 passes defensed, earned first of 11 Pro Bowl selections • With Brooks, Bucs led NFL in total defense twice (2002 and 2005) and topped NFC five times (1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2007) during his career • Named NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year, 2002 when he again led Tampa Bay with 173 tackles, career-high five interceptions (three returned for TDs), 15 passes defensed, one fumble recovery, one sack • Was a major contributor in the Bucs’ victory in Super Bowl XXXVII where he had three tackles, one pass defensed, one interception returned 44 yards for a TD against the Oakland Raiders • Six-time All-Pro choice, named All-NFC eight times • Selected to the NFL’s All- Decade Team of the 2000s • Born April 18, 1973 in Pensacola, Florida. • Year of Eligibility: 1 • Year as Finalist: 1 • Full Hall of Fame coverage of Brooks (Bio, Infographics, Videos, Photos) ProFootballHOF.com/enshrinement/class-of-2014.aspx#Brooks • Buccaneers in the Hall of Fame: (3) – DERRICK BROOKS, Warren Sapp, Lee Roy Selmon. Other Hall of Famers who spent time with Buccaneers for minor portion of career: Randall McDaniel, Steve Young. • Linebackers in the Hall of Fame: (24) – Chuck Bednarik (also C), Bobby Bell (also DE), DERRICK BROOKS, Nick Buoniconti, Dick Butkus, Harry Carson, George Connor, Bill George, Jack Ham, Chris Hanburger, Ted Hendricks, Sam Huff, Rickey Jackson (also DE), Jack Lambert, Willie Lanier, Ray Nitschke, Les Richter, Dave Robinson, Joe Schmidt, Mike Singletary, Lawrence Taylor, Derrick Thomas, Andre Tippett, Dave Wilcox Staff celebrate another Buccaneer in the Hall Brooks will be just the third longtime Buccaneers player to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame. For the second straight year, the Buccaneers family will be well represented at Hall of Fame Field. As was the case last year with Warren Sapp’s enshrinement, the team’s Co-Chairmen OUR MISSION: Honor the Heroes of the Game, Preserve its History, Promote its Values & Celebrate Excellence EVERYWHERE. 3 Bryan Glazer, Joel Glazer, and Edward Glazer have invited staff to take a charter flight from Tampa to Canton and provided tickets to the ceremony. Any person who was a member of the Bucs’ staff during Derrick’s last season in 2008 was invited, along with a guest, to attend the Saturday enshrinement. -Back to Top- Ray Guy Punter • 6’3” 195 • Southern Mississippi • 1973-1986 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders 14 seasons, 207 games • All-American, nation’s top collegiate punter, 1972 • First punter ever to be selected in first round of draft, picked by Raiders (23rd player overall), 1973 • Became impact player from very first game as a rookie • Averaged under 40 yards only one season in NFL career • Had best average (45.3 yards) as rookie • Led NFL in punting, 1974, 1975, 1977 • Had only three of 1,049 punts blocked • Career average was 42.4 yards • Had 619 punts without a block, 1979-1986 • Veteran of 22 postseason games, adding 111 punts for 42.4 average • All-Pro six straight seasons, 1973-78 • All-AFC seven times • Played in seven Pro Bowls, including six straight from 1974 to 1979 • Played in seven AFC championship games • Member of Raiders victories in Super Bowls XI, XV, XVIII • Three- game totals: 14 punts, 41.9-yard average • Had 77 punts inside 20-yard line, 1984-86 • First punter to hit Louisiana Superdome scoreboard, 1977 Pro Bowl • Doubled as Raiders’ emergency quarterback with strong accurate passing arm • Born December 22, 1949, in Swainsboro, Georgia. • Year of Eligibility: 23 • Year as Finalist: 8 • Full Hall of Fame coverage of Guy (Bio, Infographics, Videos, Photos) ProFootballHOF.com/enshrinement/class-of-2014.aspx#Guy • Raiders in the Hall of Fame: (14) – Marcus Allen, Fred Biletnikoff, George Blanda, Willie Brown, Dave Casper, Al Davis, RAY GUY, Mike Haynes, Ted Hendricks, Howie Long, John Madden, Jim Otto, Art Shell, Gene Upshaw. Other Hall of Famers who spent time with Raiders for minor portion of career: Bob Brown, Eric Dickerson, James Lofton, Ronnie Lott, Ron Mix, Jerry Rice, Warren Sapp, Rod Woodson. • Punters (full-time) in the Hall of Fame: (1) – RAY GUY -Back to Top- Claude Humphrey Defensive End • 6’4” 252 • Tennessee State • 1968-1978 Atlanta Falcons (inj. - 1975), 1979-1981 Philadelphia Eagles 13 seasons, 171 games • Falcons’ first-round pick (3rd player overall) in 1968 draft • Recorded 11.5 sacks as rookie • Named National Football League Defensive Rookie of the Year, 1968 • Although not official NFL stat until after he retired, Humphrey is credited with 122 career quarterback sacks • Highly effective pass rusher, led team in sacks nine of 13 seasons • Earned first-team All-Pro in 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977 • Second-team All- NFL/All-Pro 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1977 • Selected to play in six Pro Bowls • Extremely durable, missed just two games prior to season-ending knee injury in 1975 • Rebounded with career-best 15 sacks in 1976 and was named team Most Valuable Player • Traded to Eagles in 1979 for two fourth-round picks following a brief “retirement” • In first year with Eagles, finished second in sacks and his 31 quarterback “hurries” were a team best • In 1980, team high 14.5 sacks helped Eagles advance as NFC champions to Super Bowl XV • Career stats include two interceptions, a fumble recovery for TD, and two safeties • Born June 29, 1944 at Memphis, Tennessee. OUR MISSION: Honor the Heroes of the Game, Preserve its History, Promote its Values & Celebrate Excellence EVERYWHERE. 4 • Year of Eligibility: 28 • Year as Finalist: 5 • Full Hall of Fame coverage of Humphrey (Bio, Infographics, Videos, Photos) ProFootballHOF.com/enshrinement/class-of-2014.aspx#Humphrey • Falcons in the Hall of Fame: (2) – CLAUDE HUMPHREY, Deion Sanders. Other Hall of Famers who spent time with Falcons for minor portion of career: Eric Dickerson, Chris Doleman, Tommy McDonald. • Defensive Ends in the Hall of Fame: (19) – Doug Atkins, Elvin Bethea, Willie Davis, Fred Dean, Richard Dent, Chris Doleman (also LB), Carl Eller, Len Ford, Dan Hampton (also DT), CLAUDE HUMPHREY, David “Deacon” Jones, Howie Long, Gino Marchetti, Andy Robustelli (DE), Lee Roy Selmon, Bruce Smith, MICHAEL STRAHAN, Reggie White, Jack Youngblood -Back to Top- Walter Jones Tackle • 6’5” 300 • Holmes Comm. College (MS); Florida State • 1997-2008 Seattle Seahawks 12 seasons, 180 games • Drafted in 1st round (6th player overall) of 1997 NFL Draft • Seahawks traded up to select Jones as sixth overall pick • Ability on football field was evident from start • Earned starting left tackle spot during rookie training camp, named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month in October, and a consensus pick for multiple all-rookie teams • Provided blindside protection
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