14 Bears Players Nominated for Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025 originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
Exactly 167 modern-day NFL players have been nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2025, including 14 former Chicago Bears players.
They include Doug Flutie, Thomas Jones, Glyn Milburn, Brandon Marshall, Muhsin Muhammad, Ruben Brown, Olin Kreutz and Josh Sitton on offense; and Jared Allen, Clyde Simmons, Ted Washington, Brendon Ayanbadejo, Lance Briggs and Charles Tillman on defense.
In the next step of the selection process, a committee will reduce the list to 50 (plus any ties for 50th place). The results of that reduction will be announced in mid-October.
The 50-person Hall of Fame Selection Committee will narrow the list to 25 semifinalists later this fall. Another vote will produce the list of 15 finalists, which will be considered at the annual meeting prior to Super Bowl LVIX. That vote will determine the new class, which can include three, four or five modern-era players, according to the Hall of Fame’s bylaws.
Finalists must receive at least 80% support from the selection committee to be included in the 2025 class. The modern-era finalists are narrowed down from 15 to 10, and then to seven, at the annual selection meeting. The committee members then vote on five of the seven finalists.
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