![]() The Bulldogs have confirmed they will be without prop Tevita Pangai Junior until Round 4 after he suffered a calf strain during a field training session last week. The 21-year-old left the field during the first half of Saturday night's match and following scans the club confirmed on Monday the Samoan international will require surgery and has been ruled out for the season. When you can put that HOF behind your name, that’s crazy.Meanwhile, Panthers winger Taylan May will be sidelined for the entire 2023 NRL season after suffering an ACL injury during his side's World Club Challenge loss against St Helens. He was a five-time All-Pro first-team selection and twice was second-team.Īnd now he’s a Hall of Famer, which has a good ring to it. He made over 100 tackles in each of his first 11 seasons. Thomas led the Dolphins in tackles 10 seasons. He was named AFC Defensive Rookie of the Year in ’96. His instant impact as a rookie included 131 tackles, two sacks, and team MVP honors. Thomas won a starting job after his first preseason game. That day in the spring of 1996 led to many other special days, even if Thomas would rate those behind his draft day. “The dream my whole childhood was to get an opportunity. “One hundred percent it was the day I got drafted,” Thomas said. But he says it was not the greatest day of his professional career. Learning he’s a Hall of Famer was a great day for Thomas. There were two other players in their fourth year as finalists - receivers Reggie Wayne and Torry Holt - but Thomas is the only one of that group to make the Hall. ![]() Zach Thomas makes it into the Hall in his fourth year as a finalist. Klecko got his proverbial knock from Hall of Famer Joe Namath. Revis got his knock from Hall of Famer Ty Law. Coach Don Coryell made the Hall of Fame as a coach/contributor committee finalist.Īlong with Zach Thomas, Howley, Klecko, Revis, Joe Thomas, and Ware learned of their election when a Hall of Famer knocked at their door. (Getty Images)ĭefensive lineman Joe Klecko, linebacker Chuck Howley, and defensive back Ken Riley made the Hall of Fame as a senior committee finalists. Joe Thomas and Revis are first-ballot Hall of Famers. (Getty Images) Hall Of Fame Class Includes First-Ballot PlayersĪlso voted into the Hall of Fame with Thomas as modern era finalists are linebacker DeMarcus Ware, offensive tackle Joe Thomas, cornerback Darrelle Revis, and cornerback Ronde Barber. It was perfect.” Hall of Fame linebacker Zach Thomas. “Seeing him at the top of my stairs was a moment I will never forget. “I came up the stairs in shorts and a t-shirt and I see Jimmy in that gold jacket and I’m like, ‘Oh, (bleep)!’ And I froze. ![]() “I tell you what man, I cried,” Thomas said. ![]() Once Thomas saw Johnson standing there, wearing his gold jacket, the former middle linebacker knew he had made it into the Hall of Fame. Johnson waiting at the top of a staircase when Thomas walked in his house. When he returned home, former coach and current Hall of Famer Jimmy Johnson was there to greet him. The Thomas family made certain Thomas was out running errands that Thursday afternoon. ![]() Hall of Fame coach Jimmy Johnson interviews Zach Thomas on the day he received the so-called knock which announced to him he’d been voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Photo: Katina Thomas). Thomas received the so-called knock from the Hall of Fame on Jan. Thomas, who played 13 NFL seasons all of them except one with the Miami Dolphins, is one of nine greats who will be enshrined into the Hall in Canton on Aug. PHOENIX - Zach Thomas has been voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. ![]()
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