The knock came late on a Saturday afternoon for two former LSU Tigers: Kevin Mawae and Johnny Robinson are two of the most recent inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The two Tiger greats took very different routes to induction. Kevin Mawae earned enough votes in his fifth year of eligibility and third year as a Finalist. That may seem like a long wait for the best center of his generation, but it’s a mere blink compared to the wait Johnny Robinson endured.
Robinson only had to wait thirty-nine years. But now, in his thirty-ninth year of eligibility, Robinson made the Final Ballot as the only Senior Committee nominee, virtually ensuring his enshrinement.