HOUSTON -- Jerry Jones has stood on the Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement stage three times with a wide, prideful smile on his face.
There will be tears in his eyes for his next visit. Tears of joy.
Jones has traveled to Canton to serve as the presenter for three of his former players for enshrinement -- Michael Irvin in 2007, Emmitt Smith in 2010 and Larry Allen in 2013. His next visit this August will be for his own enshrinement.
On Saturday Jones was elected to the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2017. He becomes the seventh member from the NFL’s 1990s team of the decade to collect a bust, joining Irvin, Smith, Allen, Troy Aikman, Charles Haley and Deion Sanders.