Brett Favre and Terrell Owens are back in the news. The former All-Pros were two of the 108 players nominated on Wednesday to be part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's class of 2016. This will be the first year that Favre and Owens are eligible to be inducted into Canton. Others on that list include Clinton Portis, Alan Faneca, Lawyer Milloy and Darren Sharper.
Brett Favre, Terrell Owens headline 2016 Hall of Fame nominees
Kurt Warner, Terrell Davis and Marvin Harrison are among the 2015 finalists on the ballot.
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Kurt Warner, Terrell Davis, Marvin Harrison, Bill Cowher and Jimmy Johnson are among the group of eight 2015 finalists who are on the ballot once again.
The group of 108 nominees consists of 93 players (51 offense, 33 defense, nine special teams) and 15 coaches. The Hall of Fame’s 46-member voting committee will trim that list to 25 in November, and then to 15 in January.
That group of 15, along with senior candidates Ken Stabler and Dick Stanfel, and 2016 contributor candidate Edward DeBartolo, Jr, will form the final nominees for the Hall of Fame's class of 2016. That list will be whittled down to between four and eight people by the committee on Feb. 6, 2016, the night before Super Bowl 50.
That final group will make up the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2016.
Below is a full list of the modern era nominees, by position. First-year nominees are in italics.
Quarterbacks
Drew Bledsoe, Brett Favre, Steve McNair, Phil Simms, Vinny Testaverde, Kurt Warner
Running Backs
Shaun Alexander, Ottis Anderson, Tiki Barber, Roger Craig, Stephen Davis, Terrell Davis, Eddie George, Priest Holmes, Edgerrin James, Daryl Johnston, Jamal Lewis, Clinton Portis, Herschel Walker (also KR), Ricky Watters, Brian Westbrook.
Wide Receivers
Isaac Bruce, Gary Clark, Henry Ellard (also PR), Marvin Harrison, Torry Holt, Terrell Owens, Sterling Sharpe, Jimmy Smith, Rod Smith
Tight Ends
Mark Bavaro, Jay Novacek
Offensive Linemen
Tony Boselli (T), Jeff Bostic (C), Jim Covert (T), Alan Faneca (G), Jay Hilgenberg (C), Chris Hinton (G/T), Kent Hull (C), Joe Jacoby (T), Jon Jansen (T), Mike Kenn (T), Jim Lachey (T), Kevin Mawae (C/G), Mark May (G/T/C), Tom Nalen (C), Nate Newton (G), Orlando Pace (T), Chris Samuels (T), Mark Schlereth (G), Steve Wisniewski (G)
Defensive Linemen
Dexter Manley (DE), Charles Mann (DE), Leslie O'Neal (DE), Simeon Rice (DE), Fred Smerlas (NT), Bryant Young (DT)
Linebackers
Cornelius Bennett, Tedy Bruschi, Keith Bulluck, Kevin Greene (also DE), Ken Harvey, Levon Kirkland, Clay Matthews, Willie McGinest (also DE), Karl Mecklenburg, Matt Millen, Sam Mills, Zach Thomas, Mike Vrabel
Defensive Backs
Eric Allen (CB), Steve Atwater (S), Joey Browner (S), LeRoy Butler (S), Rodney Harrison (S), Ty Law (CB), Albert Lewis (CB), *John Lynch (S), Lawyer Milloy (SS), Darren Sharper (FS), Shawn Springs (CB), Troy Vincent (CB/S), Everson Walls (CB), Darren Woodson (S)
Kickers/Punters
*Morten Andersen (K), Gary Anderson (K), John Carney (K), Jason Elam (K), Sean Landeta (P), Nick Lowery (K)
Special Teams Players
Ethan Albright (LS), Brian Mitchell (KR/PR also RB), Steve Tasker (also WR)
Coaches
Don Coryell, Bill Cowher, Tony Dungy, Tom Flores, Mike Holmgren, Jimmy Johnson, Chuck Knox, Buddy Parker, Richie Petitbon, Dan Reeves, Pete Rodriguez, Lou Saban, Marty Schottenheimer, Clark Shaughnessy, Dick Vermeil
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