This past Saturday night, in a high school football stadium in the small town of Canton, Ohio, eight men were enshrined into the adjacent Pro Football Hall of Fame. Thousands of football fans, including a large contingent representing the Raider Nation, witnessed history.
The Raiders drafted Tim Brown with the 6th overall pick in the 1988 NFL Draft after a Heisman Trophy-winning college career at Notre Dame. Twenty-seven years, 267 games with 20 different quarterbacks, 1,094 catches and 105 touchdowns later, Brown took his rightful place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Brown appeared ready to take the NFL by storm his rookie season as he returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown the first time he touched the ball as a professional.