The Pro Football Hall of Fame has announced 183 candidates for admission in 2025 in the Seniors category. The newly created Seniors Screening Committee will reduce this list to 50 nominees to be considered by a separate Seniors Blue-Ribbon Committee. That committee will narrow the list to three finalists who will qualify for possible election to the HOF. “Seniors” are defined as players who never played after 1999.
As you can see, the odds are slim, less than 2%, of a nominee actually making it into the HOF. Consider this due diligence by the HOF to make sure worthy players from the past have not fallen through the cracks.