Kenny Easley did it. He completed his journey from estranged to endangered to enshrined into football immortality.
The Seahawks legend, their former thumping safety, the 1984 NFL Defensive Player of the Year and a three-time All-Pro, was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday as a senior candidate.
The strong safety eliminated opponents with smashing hits from 1981-87 for Seattle, until a kidney ailment led to acrimony, an abrupt, premature end to his career at age 29 and a transplant. Now, six months after he had triple bypass surgery, Easley becomes the fourth player who spent his entire career with the Seahawks to be voted into the Hall of Fame.