Former University of Washington C Olin Kreutz, who played in six Pro Bowls while a member of the Chicago Bears, is among 10 individuals with connections to the state of Washington nominated for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The full list of 94 players and coaches for the Class of 2017 will be trimmed to 25 in November and to 15 finalists in January. The class will be determined by vote on the eve of Super Bowl LI.
Kreutz is also among several first-year eligibles on an overall nomination list of 94, including QB Donovan McNabb, RB LaDainian Tomlinson, WR Hines Ward and E Jason Taylor.
Kreutz was an All-Pac-10 pick in both 1996 and 1997 and an Associated Press first-team All-America in 1997. Selected by the Bears in the third round of the 1998 draft (64th overall), Kreutz played for Chicago from 1998-2010 and for the New Orleans Saints in 2011. He made the Pro Bowl every year from 2001-06.
Three former Seahawks players are among the 10 with ties to Washington state: RB Shaun Alexander (2000-07), RB Ricky Watters (1998-01) and C Kevin Mawae (1994-97). All have been nominated in previous years, but none have become finalists.
Former Washington State QB Drew Bledsoe, who played in the NFL from 1993-06 with New England, Buffalo and Dallas, is another returning nominee.
Three former Seahawks coaches, Chuck Knox (1983-91), Tom Flores (1992-94) and Mike Holmgren (1999-08), are on the list, as is Don Coryell, a Seattle native and University of Washington graduate who coached the St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Chargers. All are prior nominees.
Kenny Easley, who played safety for the Seahawks from 1981-87 and was forced into retirement due to failing kidneys, is a senior finalist for induction.
Eighteen finalists (three senior nominees) will be presented to the full 48-member Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee Feb. 4 in Houston. While there is no set number for any class of enshrinees, the selection process by-laws provide that between four and eight new members will be selected.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2017 will be enshrined in August.
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Holmgren should get in sooner than later. He took two moribund franchises to the Super Bowl.
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