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The 2025 NFL Season Begins: Hall Of Fame Game Night

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Aug 1, 2025
Newly enshrined Hall of Famers Sterling Sharpe, Antonio Gates, Eric Allen and Jared Allen take the stage for the Hall's Unscripted & Tailgate. Aug. 3, 2025, at Canton Memorial Civic Center.
Credit: Kevin Whitlock/Massillon Independent/USA TODAY NETWORK/Imagn Images

Tonight marks the first preseason game of the 2025 NFL season.

And with that comes the induction for the Hall of Fame Class of 2025.

With only 4 members inducted into the Hall this season, 2025 is the smallest HoF class of the 2020s, as the NFL honored the following players:

  • TE Antonio Gates, 8x Pro Bowl, 3x 1st team All-Pro, 2x 2nd team All-Pro, NFL 2000s All-Decade team
  • DE Jared Allen, 5x Pro Bowl, 4x 1st team All-Pro, 2x Sack Leader
  • WR Sterling Sharpe, 5x Pro Bowl, 3x 1st team All-Pro, 3x Reception Leader, 2x Receiving TD Leader, 1x Receiving Yard Leader 
PHOTO: Kevin Whitlock/Massillon Independent/USA TODAY NETWORK/Imagn Images

With such a small class roll over many first-year eligible players, creating a logjam of modern NFL players who will have to wait another year for their shot at being enshrined in Canton.

This includes: 

Eagles Playing in Ohio

The Eagles have played 4 Hall of Fame games dating all the way back to 1967.

  • 1967: Eagles 28 – Browns 13
  • 1978: Eagles 17 – Dolphins 3
  • 1992: Jets 41 – Eagles 14
  • 2006: Raiders 16 – Eagles 10

It has been almost 20 years since their last appearance in the first preseason game of the year. The Eagles have multiple players who have the possibility of getting inducted, and many more that will have eligibility in the coming year.

The players that could find their way into the Hall of Fame include:

  • QB Randall Cunningham 
  • QB Donovan McNabb
  • LB Seth Joyner

As long as Nick Sirianni and the modern Eagles remain competitive, the list of soon-to-be Hall of Fame candidates continues to grow.

With a handful of Eagles legends retiring in the last few seasons, their eligibility will be here before you know it for the following players:

  • C Jason Kelce (2029)
  • DT Fletcher Cox (2029)
  • LT Jason Peters (2029)
  • WR DeSean Jackson (2028)
  • S Malcolm Jenkins (2027)
  • RB LeSean McCoy (2026)

There will also be a handful of retirement announcements in the coming years to add to that list of potential HoF Candidates:

Which Eagles player do you think will be the first one voted into the Hall of Fame?

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