ExtremeRavens Posted September 18 Posted September 18 The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced Wednesday morning 167 modern-era nominees for the 2025 class, and two esteemed ex-Ravens made the list. Former linebacker Terrell Suggs and offensive lineman Marshal Yanda, both in their first year of eligibility, have a chance to join Jonathan Ogden, Ray Lewis and Ed Reed on the short list of Ravens first-ballot Hall of Famers. The list will be narrowed down to 50 players by a screening committee, according to a release from the NFL, the results of which will be announced in mid-October. That list will then be reduced further to 25 semifinalists later this fall, then 15 finalists. Before Super Bowl LVIX, the class will be announced. Suggs was a defensive mainstay in Baltimore for 15 years. The linebacker won NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year after a 12-sack season in 2003. He is a seven-time Pro Bowl selection, two-time All-Pro and was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2011. Suggs’ 139 sacks rank eighth on the NFL’s all-time leaderboard since tracking began in 1982. He helped lead Baltimore to a Super Bowl title in 2012 and was a late-addition member of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl squad in 2019. Suggs is still involved with the organization where he spent nearly his entire 17-year career. He was inducted into the Ravens Ring of Honor last season, having concluded his speech by saying, “I hope I lived up to that Raven expectation.” Suggs returned to M&T Bank Stadium during the AFC championship game against the Chiefs hyping up the crowd in the third quarter. Yanda was drafted to Baltimore in 2007 and spent his entire 13-year career there. He was an eight-time Pro Bowl selection, including six straight years from 2011 to 2016, which was then the longest active streak among guards. He was a two-time first-team All-Pro and earned second-team All-Pro honors five times. Yanda was another key member of Baltimore’s 2012 Super Bowl championship team. In 2016, Yanda was ranked 37th on the NFL’s Top 100 players list. Yanda told the team’s website in 2020 about a memorable story from his first day of practice when his now-fellow Hall of Fame nominee introduced him to the league. “I wish I could tell you that I held my own, and I had an OK first day. Up until that day in my career, I had never been put on my back playing football. I had watched it happen to a lot of guys, but just thought in the back of my mind, ‘That will never happen to me.’ Well, ‘Sizz’ got me that day,” Yanda said, referring to Suggs. Other notable names on Wednesday’s initial list include former New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, Carolina Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly and New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri. Karl Merton Ferron/The Baltimore SunRavens owner Steve Bisciotti, right, helps Marshal Yanda with his Ravens Ring of Honor jacket during a ceremony inducting the former guard in December 2022. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff) View the full article Quote
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