On Wednesday, the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame announced 60 semifinalists in the Senior and Coach/Contributor categories for induction in 2024. The Hall of Fame’s Senior committee nominated 31 semifinalists, while the Coach/Contributor committee announced 29. Let’s run through the complete list of nominees as the Hall of Fame begins its annual process.
Semifinalists for the 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class
Typically, the Senior committee and Coach/Contributor committee are allowed to send 25 nominees each for consideration. However, if there is a tie for the 25th position, each committee can send additional nominees. This year, there were multiple ties for the final slot on each committee’s list.
The committees will meet and reduce each list to 12 players, which will be announced on July 27. On Aug. 15, one coach or contributor will be selected for final consideration. On Aug. 22, three senior players — those who played no later than 1998 — will be nominated for final review in 2024.
The Senior and Coach/Contributor lists do not include potential modern-era nominees for the Hall of Fame, which are typically announced in November.
Here are the 60 semifinalists for the 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame class in the Senior and Coach/Contributor categories.
2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame Semifinalists | Senior
- Ken Anderson, QB
- Ottis Anderson, RB
- Carl Banks, LB
- Maxie Baughan, LB
- Larry Brown, RB
- Mark Clayton, WR
- Charlie Conerly, QB
- Roger Craig, RB
- Henry Ellard, WR
- Randy Gradishar, LB
- Lester Hayes, CB
- Chris Hinton, OL
- Cecil Isbell, RB/DB
- Joe Jacoby, OT
- Billy “White Shoes” Johnson, WR
- Mike Kenn, OT
- Bob Kuechenberg, OL
- George Kunz, OT
- Albert Lewis, DB
- Jim Marshall, DE
- Clay Matthews Jr., LB
- Steve McMichael, DT
- Eddie Meador, CB
- Stanley Morgan, WR
- Tommy Nobis, LB
- Art Powell, WR
- Sterling Sharpe, WR
- Steve Tasker, WR
- Otis Taylor, WR
- Everson Walls, CB
- Al Wistert, DT
2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame Semifinalists | Coach/Contributor
- K.S. “Bud” Adams Jr.
- Roone Arledge
- C.O. Brocato
- Tom Coughlin
- Alex Gibbs
- Ralph Hay
- Mike Holmgren
- Frank “Bucko” Kilroy
- Eddie Kotal
- Robert Kraft
- Elmer Layden
- Jerry Markbreit
- Virginia McCaskey
- Rich McKay
- John McVay
- Art Modell
- Buddy Parker
- Carl Peterson
- Dan Reeves
- Art Rooney Jr.
- Marty Schottenheimer
- Jerry Seeman
- George Seifert
- Mike Shanahan
- Clark Shaughnessy
- Seymour Siwoff
- Jim Tunney
- Lloyd Wells
- John Wooten