HOUSTON — Running back LaDainian Tomlinson, who enjoyed a spectacular career with the Chargers and helped the Jets to the AFC Championship game after the 2010 season, became a first-ballot Hall of Famer Saturday night, headlining a 2017 class that also includes two-time Super Bowl champion running back Terrell Davis, Super Bowl winning quarterback and former NFL MVP Kurt Warner, pass rusher Jason Taylor and kicker Morten Andersen.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who purchased the franchise in 1989 and turned his team into a Super Bowl champion, as well as helped the league’s popularity and business model flourish with his innovative ideas, was selected in the contributor’s category.