Kenny Easley’s done it. He’s gone from estranged to endangered to enshrined into football immortality.
The Seahawks legend, their former thumping safety, 1984 NFL defensive player of the year and three-time All-Pro, was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday as a senior finalist.
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 Seahawks to play his entire career for Seattle to enter the Hall of Fame.