The go-to receiver from the greatest offense in NFL history is headed to Canton as a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
"Done deal. God is good," Bruce told the Post-Dispatch by phone Saturday afternoon not long after he received the long-awaited knock on his hotel room door.
"It's funny," Bruce said. "I thought I would feel like running through the wall."
Instead he found himself thinking of everyone who is celebrating along with him.
That includes you, St. Louis.
"I'm excited," Bruce said. "I'm excited for the other guys. It's great.