First-time eligibles for HOF Class of 2017 include:
S Brian Dawkins
QB Donovan McNabb
DE Jason Taylor
RB LaDainian Tomlinson
WR Hines Ward
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 7, 2016
Both players began and spent the prime of their careers with the Philadelphia Eagles. Dawkins will be a first-time ballot Hall of Fame Inductee. McNabb should be a first time inductee but given some of his recent DWI arrests and possible jail time it may take a year or two before he is voted in.
Dawkins, a second round draft pick (61st overall) in 1996 spent 13 years with the Eagles.