Three state players on Saturday's Pro Football Hall of Fame

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The Pro Football Hall of Fame's Selection Committee will pick the football shrine's Class of 2016
from 18 finalists on Saturday, and 3 of them have Alabama roots. Outdoors linebackerKevin Greene
played at Auburn, broad receiverTerrell Owens prepped at Benjamin Russell and quarterbackKen
Stabler played at Foley in higher college andAlabama in college.
The Professional Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2016 will be picked from 15 modern day-era
finalists, two senior finalists and a contributor finalist on Saturday. Greene and Owens are between
the modern-era finalists. Stabler and Dick Stanfel are the nominees of the Hall's Senior Choice
Committee. Also underneath consideration is former San Francisco 49ers proprietor Edward
DeBartolo Jr., who is the contributor finalist.

The other contemporary-era finalists are place-kicker Morten Anderson, safety Steve Atwater, coach
Don Coryell, working back Terrell Davis, coach Tony Dungy, guard Alan Faneca, quarterback Brett
Favre, wide receiver Marvin Harrison, wide receiver Torry Holt, offensive tackle Joe Jacoby, running
back Edgerrin James, safety John Lynch, offensive tackle Orlando Pace and quarterback Kurt
Warner.
This is the fifth straight year that Greene has been a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Owens is in his very first yr of eligibility. Stabler is a finalist for the fourth time.
Greene played linebacker in the NFL for 13 years, with stints with the Los Angeles Rams, Pittsburgh
Steelers, Carolina Panthers and San Francisco 49ers. The former Auburn stroll-on's 160 profession
sacks are the most for any player who was mainly a linebacker and rank third in NFL historical past
behind Bruce Smith's 200 and Reggie White's 198. Smith and White are in the Pro Football Hall of
Fame.
Greene went to five Pro Bowls, earned All-Pro assortment in 1994 and 1996 and, with Derrick
Thomasand Junior Seau, is a linebacker on the Professional Football Hall of Fame's All-Decade team
for the 1990s. Thomas and Seau are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Owens played broad receiver in the NFL for 15 seasons, with stints for the 49ers, Philadelphia
Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals. In NFL historical past, only Jerry Rice
has much more acquiring yards than Owen's 15,934. Owens ranks sixth in receptions with one,078,
third in touchdown receptions with 153 and fifth in touchdowns scored with 156 on the NFL's alltime lists.
Right after being drafted out of Tennessee-Chattanooga in the third round in 1996, Owens went to 6
Professional Bowls and was an All-Pro selection 5 instances.
Stabler played quarterback in the NFL for 15 seasons, with stints for the Oakland Raiders, Houston
Oilers and New Orleans Saints. Stabler led Oakland to five straight appearances in the AFC
Championship Game and to a Super Bowl victory to cap the 1976 season.
Stabler obtained The Related Press' NFL MVP Award in 1974 and the 1976 Bert Bell Award as the
NFL's fathers rights Player of the 12 months. He went to 4 Pro Bowls, was the All-Pro QB in 1974
and joined Terry Bradshaw and Roger Staubach on the Pro Football Hall of Fame's All-Decade Staff
for the 1970s. Bradshaw and Staubach are in the Hall of Fame.
Stabler died on July 8of colon cancer.
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The voting for the Class of 2016 will be carried out at the 46-member Professional Football Hall of
Fame Variety Committee's yearly meeting in San Francisco. The benefits will be announced
Saturday night. The assortment method bylaws give that 4 to eight inductees will be chosen.Finalists
should acquire 80 percent of the vote to be enshrined.
Eleven players with Alabama football roots that is, played at an Alabama higher school or college are
members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. They are Buck Buchanan, Frank Gatski, John Hannah,
Don Hutson, Walter Jones, Joe Namath, Ozzie Newsome, Bart Starr, John Stallworth, Dwight
Stephenson and Derrick Thomas.