Sam Mills, one of the best defensive players in the brief history of the USFL, is on the shortlist to enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame next summer.
Mills played for the Philadelphia Stars before moving to the NFL, where he spent nine seasons with the Saints before becoming an original Carolina Panther.
Mills made the cut from an original group of 103 nominees. In January, the 25-person modern-era semifinalist list will be cut to 15, and then inductees will be announced the day before Super Bowl LIII.
He's a semifinalist for the second time — the first was in 2016.