NFL Hall Of Fame Makes Room For Two More Hurricanes

Seven of the “Greatest of the Game” were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday August 3,2024. The Hall’s 50-person Selection Committee met virtually in January to conduct the annual vote and select the seven players in the Class of 2024.

The newest members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame are defensive end/outside linebacker DWIGHT FREENEY, RANDY GRADISHAR, DEVIN HESTER, ANDREJOHNSON, STEVE McMICHAEL, JULIUS PEPPERS AND PATRICK WILLIS.

The two Miami Hurricanes selected were wide receiver Adnre Johnson and kick returner extraordinaire Devin Hester

DEVIN HESTER:

Times as Finalist: 3 | Year of eligibility: 3
Position: Punt Returner/Kick Returner/Wide Receiver
Height: 5-11 | Weight: 190
NFL Career: 2006-2013 Chicago Bears, 2014-15 Atlanta Falcons, 2016 Baltimore Ravens, 2016 Seattle Seahawks
Seasons: 11 | Games: 156
College: Miami (Florida)
Drafted: 2nd Round (57th overall), 2006
Born: Nov. 4, 1982, in Riviera Beach, Fla.

Multi-dimensional player who joined Bears after collegiate career as offensive, defensive and special teams threat … Became immediate standout as return specialist, earning spot on 2006 NFL All-Rookie Team … In debut season, returned 47 punts for 600 yards (both NFL highs) and three TDs, along with 20 kickoffs for 528 yards and two touchdowns … Also returned a missed field goal that season for a 108-yard touchdown – one of only four such “kick-six” scores of that distance in an NFL game. … Opened Super Bowl XLI with 92-yard kickoff return for a touchdown – the only time in Super Bowl history that has occurred … In second NFL season, returned four punts and two kickoffs for scores, establishing an NFL record for six combined kick returns for TDs … First-team All-Pro three times (2006-07, 2010) … Member of the NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 2010s … One of two return specialists on the NFL 100 All-Time Team.

ANDRE JOHNSON:

Times as Finalist: 3 | Year of eligibility: 3
Position: Wide Receiver
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 229
NFL Career: 2003-2014 Houston Texans, 2015 Indianapolis Colts, 2016 Tennessee Titans
Seasons: 14 | Games: 193
College: Miami (Florida)
Drafted: 1st Round (3rd Overall), 2003
Born: July 11, 1981, in Miami

Surpassed 1,000 receiving yards seven times (2004, 2006, 2008-2010, 2012-13) … Led NFL in receptions twice (103 in 2006 and 115 in 2008) and in receiving yards twice (1,575 yards in 2008 and 1,569 yards in 2009) … One of only three players (Jerry Rice, Calvin Johnson) to lead NFL in receiving yards in consecutive seasons in Super Bowl era … Finished career with 1,062 receptions for 14,185 yards and 70 receiving touchdowns … Texans franchise leader in most receiving statistics … Caught five passes for 90 yards and a touchdown as Texans beat Cincinnati in first playoff appearance (2011); followed the next week with eight receptions for 111 yards in narrow loss to Ravens … Three career games with 200+ receiving yards … First-team All-Pro twice (2008-09) … Selected to seven Pro Bowls (2004, 2006, 2008-10, 2012-13) … Member of 2003 NFL All-Rookie Team … First player elected to Texans’ Ring of Honor (2017).

Comments

[Terrance Sullivan]

Our Miami Hurricanes are ranked in preseason USA Today Coaches Poll at 19 seems a bit high to me I would have my Canes at #25. I mean we did lose 6 of our last 9 Games including a embarrassing bowl loss to Rutgers SMH. Hope we actually live up the hype of this year it's long overdue. Go Canes!Congratulations to Dre and Dev going into the Pro Football Hall Of Fame!

[DallasTX Cane]

AJ = super standup guy for playing basically his entire career with the Texans. A 1st ballot HOF’er if he’d played on better teams.

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Episode 511 of the Canes Insight Podcast, time code at 29 minutes, 10 seconds, they describe the message boards associated with the show as, "by the fans, for the fans."

Someone is going to owe someone some royalties about this infringement of marketing slogans.

[86Cane]

Someone is going to owe someone some royalties about this infringement of marketing slogans.

Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | August 07, 2024 at 09:33 PM

Our attorneys have contacted those in violation of our trademark and have filed a cease and desist order letter with the other service provider.

Lawsuits are pending.

[roachcane77]

Finally, the big payday that Soup deserves for all the years of running this blog!
🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[DallasTX Cane]

Posted by: roachcane77 | August 08, 2024 at 11:02 AM

And here I thought he was happy all these years being paid in friendships with odd people and sarcastic remarks!

[MLALUMNI 1970]

86 is the best! And, of course, Canespacers are the best in the world!
Love for the U is a lifetime commitment. I’m a 1970 graduate from the University of Miami, and I miss going to the old Orange Bowl, with its leaky bathrooms etc. Roughing it and the fumes of all the buses, was part of the charm. Open stadium that looks to the east, to Miami Beach was awesome.
Went with my parents to the Orange Bowl when they played Notre Dame. My father was a Notre Dame graduate, and they beat us. But it was so much fun. Stadiums are too pristine today and sanitized!!
I’m at the place where my love, Richard is. Still love him to death after 40 years together. We still haven’t gotten married! That’s true love.❤️
Wish all of you the very best.
What’s your thoughts on the first game, against Florida, up in the Swamp? I watched Swamp People this morning, to start to get ready!

[86Cane]

And here I thought he was happy all these years being paid in friendships with odd people and sarcastic remarks!

Posted by: DallasTX Cane | August 08, 2024 at 12:31 PM

Well yeah, since U put it that way, YES!

[Old Skool]

Defensive coordinator Lance Guidry said on media day that Daryl Porter Jr. and Jadais Richard are the projected starting boundary cornerbacks, with Damari Brown in the slot. Marshall transfer Dyoni Hill is pushing for a starting job. And freshman cornerback OJ Frederique has impressed everyone.

[Terrance Sullivan]

So our Miami Hurricanes are Preseason Number 19th in both the USA Today Coaches Poll and the AP Media Poll. So it's put up or shut up time coming. We need to be better than 19th by January 21st when the Final Ranking Comes out.

[360Cane]

Did pigs fly? Heather Dinich said the []_[] is the most underrated. So did our neighborhood friendly SEC jock sniffer Paul Fingerbaum.

[CGNC]

Ready for some football! TSully we seem to have a talented team - but it surely needs to translate on the field

[Terrance Sullivan]

CGNC correct my biggest worry is coaching if the coaching staff can coach 80 percent as good as they recruit we will have a fantastic year 10 wins minimum with a chance at playing for and or winning The ACC and Playoff appearance and possibly winning a playoff Game so we could definitely finish in the Top 10 if Coaching is up to snuff. Of course the only caveat is if we have significant injuries but that applies to all Power 4 Teams. Basically We have the Talent, The Experience, The Infrastructure, Do we have the Coaching to put it all together. Good Coaching puts you into positions to win Games, Bad Coaching puts you in position to lose Games. Ex GA Tech vs Miami last year. Go Canes!

[roachcane77]

Good Coaching puts you into positions to win Games, Bad Coaching puts you in position to lose Games. Ex GA Tech vs Miami last year. Go Canes!
Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | August 15, 2024 at 04:42 PM

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 Just KNEEL ON IT!
Coaching 101. SMH

[Terrance Sullivan]

Preach RoachCane77!

[Herbieibis]

Won't be no Lose Espinosa, going to Iowa. I guess that's his name.

[DallasTX Cane]

We’re the most underrated because talent level & we lost 4 games last season due to coaching. Yet the coach is the same guy lol. So better keep yo fingers crossed the old dog learned some lessons…

I will choose to have faith and optimism! It makes the season more fun, at least the start of the season haha.

GO CANES

[CGNC]

DTC - hope springs eternal LOL

[CGNC]

BTW, Reuben Bain seems to have had a summer! He is ....

https://x.com/ruebenbainjr/status/1822050588521345173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1822050588521345173%7Ctwgr%5Ea74a25adc3960b7a8634c452d905c0e0e1aa6d40%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stateoftheu.com%2F2024%2F8%2F12%2F24218955%2Fmonday-musings-miami-hurricane-de-rueben-bain-jr-looks-like-a-beast

[JCane]

As expected, Ben Hanks Jr verbally commits to UF as UF legacy. Whether UM could change his mind on 8/31 remains to be seen.

[DallasTX Cane]

Posted by: CGNC | August 16, 2024 at 04:03 PM

I think that’s been on my business card for the last two decades!

[VA Cane]

19 may be a bit high...I would rather not be ranked as it is not based on reality....I just want to focus on the UF game....we need to come out of the gate strong. We need to execute our fundamentals on O D and ST....all business no talking or yapping. for once, since 2003 21 years lets focus on having a good season one game at a time.

[JCane]

Bryce Fitzgerald, 4 star S from Mia Columbus, verbals to the U tonight

[86Cane]

I will choose to have faith and optimism!

It makes the season more fun, at least the start of the season haha.

Posted by: DallasTX Cane | August 16, 2024 at 09:40 AM

Well I embraced your idea and philosophy and put my money where my mouth is!

I bet $50 on Canes to beat UF by more than 2.5 points and another $50 that the Canes will make the college football playoffs THIS YEAR.

So what this means is that either I win some $$$ or "someone" in Coral Gables may get a scar!

[86Cane]

NOTE: U can bet legally in FL using the Hard Rock Bet app available for your phones.

You're welcome!

[DallasTX Cane]

Posted by: 86Cane | August 19, 2024 at 10:40 AM

$$ where your mouth is! Love it!!

[TonyCane]

2025 Class (8/20/24)

QB: 1
WR: 1
HB: 1
TE: 2
OL: 5
DT: 1
DE: 2
LB: 3
S: 2
CB: 4

[TonyCane]

Prediction for Gators game:

MIAMI 35 FLORIDA 24

[MLALUMNI 1970]

Music to my ears! Thanks Tony Cane for your prediction. As a 1970 graduate from the University of Miami, beating Florida would be awesome. I remember the days when they didn’t want to play us in football anymore.
On a personal note, my sweetheart of 40 years is in the hospital. He fell, fractured 3 vertebrae and got severe Covid from the facility. At 86 years old, it’s a rough one. We went to 2 home games in Florida and I hope we can watch it together next week. At the hospital here in Michigan, one doctor is from UF and the other doctor, from the U of Miami. Small world.

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Going to be a long season to be a concern troll.

Oh look, the deadline came and went, once more, for the second year in a row, to announce you're leaving the ACC to get out by 2027 now at the earliest, guess the infantile crying pair of conference disruptive partners are still all bark and no actual bite other than their own tails, as usual again.

[Terrance Sullivan]

They won’t be leaving for at least 5 more years and my guess Clemson ain’t leaving at all they have been mostly quiet, I can see FSU doubling down on dumb and leaving in 5 years because they have boxed themselves into a corner! That being said if the league handles business if our Canes can get back to 90 percent of what we were coming into the League if VT gets back to 95 percent of what they were when they came into the league if the disrupters keep up their end, NC State, Louisville, and I feel SMU will be good as well and one other team either Pittsburgh or North Carolina or Georgia Tech get back to being consistently good which is very possible then you get the 7-8 Teams that lead the way the league will be just fine! Go Canes!

[CaneSince1982!]

Anyone know of the tailgate spot for the uf game?

[UMike]

What’s up Spacers!!

[Herbieibis]

To many middling teams in this conference. We got no excuse this year. With this schedule, they should go u defeated but it's the losing of games they got no business losing that haunts them.

[TonyCane]

Music to my ears! Thanks Tony Cane for your prediction. As a 1970 graduate from the University of Miami, beating Florida would be awesome. I remember the days when they didn’t want to play us in football anymore.
On a personal note, my sweetheart of 40 years is in the hospital. He fell, fractured 3 vertebrae and got severe Covid from the facility. At 86 years old, it’s a rough one. We went to 2 home games in Florida and I hope we can watch it together next week. At the hospital here in Michigan, one doctor is from UF and the other doctor, from the U of Miami. Small world.

Posted by: MLALUMNI 1970 | August 20, 2024 at 02:55 PM

All the best to your husband - I wish him the speediest recovery. And I'm hoping that he's delighted by what he sees in two weeks.

For this season, I think we have to keep in mind how different the college football landscape has become with unlimited transfers and NIL. These have turbocharged the rebuilding process that Mario undertook. Miami has 40 new players this season, including the top transfer quarterback and the top transfer running back. They also added one of the best transfer wide receivers, as well as a safety who played in the national championship game. We're no longer talking about trying to get blue chip high school recruits who may or may not pan out - we're acquiring high level veteran college players with years of experience and time in the weight room.

[CGNC]

A Umike sighting!!!

[58 Straight]

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