{"id":2317,"date":"2026-10-26T20:11:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/?p=2317"},"modified":"2026-10-26T20:11:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:11:42","slug":"pro-football-hof-class-of-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/pro-football-hof-class-of-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Football HOF Class of \u201826"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Griffin Crowley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The football season is already a third of the way through and the hall of fame has its five members already inducted. Let’s learn more about these five icons of football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Larry Fitzgerald<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Position: Wide Receiver<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Number: 11<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Years in NFL: 2004 – 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teams: Arizona<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year on Ballot: 1st<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College: Pitt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drew Brees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Position: Quarterback<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Number: 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Years in NFL: 2001 – 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teams: San Diego, New Orleans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year on Ballot: 1st<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College: Purdue<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Luke Kuechly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Position: Linebacker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Number: 59<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Years in NFL: 2012 – 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teams: Carolina<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year on Ballot: 2nd<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College: Boston College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adam Vinatieri<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Position: Kicker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Number: 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Years in NFL: 1996 – 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teams: Indianapolis, New England<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year on Ballot: 2nd<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College: South Dakota State<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Roger Craig<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Position: Running Back<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Number: 33, 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Years in NFL: 1983 – 1993<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teams: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Minnesota<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year on Ballot: 1st (Senior)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College: Nebraska<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These hall-of-famers each have a unique dynasty and story that brought to their teams glory. Do you like the class or not? What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Griffin Crowley The football season is already a third of the way through and the hall of fame has its five members already inducted. Let’s learn more about these five icons of football. Larry Fitzgerald Position: Wide Receiver Number: 11 Years in NFL: 2004 – 2020 Teams: Arizona Year on Ballot: 1st College: Pitt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-2317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-short-read"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2323,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317\/revisions\/2323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}