The Class of 2018 was officially inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame during a ceremony at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio on Saturday night. Here are highlights from the speeches of the seven men who are being honored:
Robert Brazile
Brazile, the seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker from the Houston Oilers, referenced knocks and phone calls, which is how men up for induction find out they’ve been chosen for the Hall. As a Senior Category choice, Brazile found out via phone call last year that he was a finalist, and then in February, Hall president David Baker knocked on his hotel room door in Minneapolis to tell him he’d finally been chosen for the Hall.