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Source: ESPN | Category: Sports World | Date: Aug 08, 2026
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Every active NFL player who could make the Hall -- including 17 who could retire now
There are 54 players who suited up for at least one game that season enshrined in the Hall of Fame. At the very least, we can use 55 Hall of Famers as our...
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- There are 54 players who suited up for at least one game that season enshrined in the Hall of Fame.
- At the very least, we can use 55 Hall of Famers as our gauge, which is just under 3% of the 1,839 players who suited up for at least one game that season.
- I won't attempt to pick among the rookies, whom we haven't yet seen line up for an NFL snap, but I'll work with everybody else and split the most notable candidates into one of five categories: Players listed as "in" have already done enough to earn enshrinement given their existing résumé.
- The "keep it up" category is for players who are performing at a Hall of Fame level but haven't done so for a long enough time to guarantee their path to enshrinement.
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There are 54 players who suited up for at least one game that season enshrined in the Hall of Fame. At the very least, we can use 55 Hall of Famers as our gauge, which is just under 3% of the 1,839 players who suited up for at least one game that season. I won't attempt to pick among the rookies, whom we haven't yet seen line up for an NFL snap, but I'll work with everybody else and split the most notable candidates into one of five categories: Players listed as "in" have already done enough to earn enshrinement given their existing résumé. The "keep it up" category is for players who are performing at a Hall of Fame level but haven't done so for a long enough time to guarantee their path to enshrinement. Guys who have "work to do" aren't on track to make it to the Hall of Fame with their existing résumé and/or their most recent level of play. Though anything's possible, it will be a serious surprise if any of these players end up in Canton one day.