Charged with the vital task of continuing to be sure that new enshrinees are the finest the game has produced is the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Selection Committee (see list below).
The Committee consists of one media representative from each pro football city with two from New York, inasmuch as that city has two teams in the National Football League. A 33rd member is a representative of the Pro Football Writers of America and there areup to 17at-large delegates.
With the exception of the PFWA representative, who is appointed for a two-year term, all appointments are of the open-end variety and can be terminated only by retirement or resignation, as long as the member continues to attend meetings regularly.
The Selection Committee meets annually, shortly before the Super Bowl,to elect new members. There is no set number for any class of enshrinees, butthe Committee's current bylawsstipulate that betweenfour and ninenew members will be selected each year. The 1973 and 1976 classes of three were the smallest named.
Every candidate is carefully scrutinized and must receive at least 80%approval of the Committee at the annual meeting before he or she can be elected.
When the Selectors meet to name the Class of 2024, they will have before them a roster of up to 19final candidates, along with detailed biographies on each. To assure that older players will be considered, the Seniors Committee -- made up of 12members of the overall Selection Committee -- will have chosen up to three nominees who played no more recently than the 1998season to be included on the final list.
A bylaws change to the selection process was approved by the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Board of Trustees in early 2022 by which a Contributor – defined as an individual who has “made outstanding contributions to professional football in capacities other than playing or coaching” – will be considered with Coaches in another category. The Coach/Contributor Finalist also will be voted on for election independent of all other Finalists.
Any fan may nominate any qualified person who has been connected with pro football in any capacity simply by writing to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The only restriction is that a player and coach must have last played or coached at least five seasons before he can be considered. For example, a candidate for the 2024class must have concluded his career not later than the2018season.
There is no mandatory retirement period for a Contributor. Every nomination received will be processed and forwarded to the Selection Committee.
It is important to emphasize that the Hall of Fame itself has no say whatsoever as to who is or is not elected to membership. The only function of the staff is to process the nominations as they arrive and to coordinate the annual meeting.
| Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee | |
| Arizona | Kent Somers, Arizona Republic |
| Atlanta | Darryl Ledbetter, Atlanta Journal-Constitution * |
| Baltimore | Scott Garceau, 105.7 The Fan/WMAR-TV |
| Buffalo | Vic Carucci, WGRZ-TV # |
| Carolina | Darin Gantt, Carolina Panthers |
| Chicago | Dan Pompei, The Athletic * |
| Cincinnati | Geoff Hobson, Bengals.com |
| Cleveland | Tony Grossi, ESPNCleveland.com/WKNR Radio |
| Dallas | Rick Gosselin, Talk of Fame Network * |
| Denver | Jeff Legwold, ESPN/ESPN.com * |
| Detroit | Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press |
| Green Bay | Pete Dougherty, Green Bay Press-Gazette |
| Houston | John McClain, SportsRadio610 * |
| Indianapolis | Mike Chappell, Fox 59/CBS 4 |
| Jacksonville | Sam Kouvaris, SamSportsLine.com |
| Kansas City | Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star |
| Las Vegas | Frank Cooney, The Sports Xchange * |
| Los Angeles (Chargers) | Eric Williams, Sports Illustrated |
| Los Angeles (Rams) | Howard Balzer, SiriusXM NFL Radio * |
| Miami | Armando Salguero, Outkick.com |
| Minnesota | Mark Craig, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune |
| New England | Ron Borges, Talk of Fame Network * |
| New Orleans | Jeff Duncan, Times-Picayune |
| New York (Giants) | Bob Glauber, retired, Newsday * |
| New York (Jets) | Gary Myers, Author * |
| Philadelphia | Paul Domowitch, the33rdteam.com/PhillyMag.com |
| Pittsburgh | Gerry Dulac, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
| San Francisco | Matt Maiocco, NBC Sports Bay Area |
| Seattle | Mike Sando, The Athletic # |
| Tampa Bay | Ira Kaufman, JoeBucsFan.com * |
| Tennessee | Paul Kuharsky, PaulKuharsky.com/Outkick360 # |
| Washington | Jarrett Bell, USA Today # |
| PFWA | Calvin Watkins, Dallas Morning News |
| At-Large | Joel Bussert, retired, NFL Office |
| At-Large | Mary Cay Cabot, Cleveland Plain Dealer |
| At-Large | Jason Cole, FanSided.com |
| At-Large | John Czarnecki, FOX Sports * |
| At-Large | Tony Dungy, NBC Sports "Football Night in America" (Hall of Famer) |
| At-Large | Dan Fouts, Broadcaster (Hall of Famer) # |
| At-Large | Lindsay Jones, The Ringer |
| At-Large | Clark Judge, Talk of Fame Network # |
| At-Large | Peter King, NBC Sports # |
| At-Large | James Lofton, CBS Sports (Hall of Famer) |
| At-Large | Alex Marvez, SiriusXM NFL Radio |
| At-Large | Sal Paolantonio, ESPN # |
| At-Large | Bill Polian, SiriusXM NFL Radio (Hall of Famer) # |
| At-Large | Lisa Salters, ESPN "Monday Night Football" |
| At-Large | Jim Trotter, The Athletic # |
| At-Large | Charean Williams, Pro Football Talk # |
| At-Large | Barry Wilner, retired, Associated Press # |
* Member ofthe Seniors Selection Committee
# Member of the Coach/ContributorSelection Committee
