Eli Manning Leads Pro Football HOF Class Of 2025 Nominees

Legendary quarterback Eli Manning leads a list of 167 candidates who’ve been nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025. Manning, a two-time Super Bowl MVP, joins former Defensive Players of the Year Luke Kuechly and Terrell Suggs as first-time nominees. A screening committee will cut the list down to 50 nominees next month, before the list is reduced to 25 semifinalists and again to 15 finalists. Candidates must need 80% of the votes to get into the Hall of Fame, with between three and five modern-era candidates able to be inducted in each class. Manning will look to join his brother Peyton into the Hall of Fame with both siblings, two of just 13 quarterbacks to win multiple Super Bowls. Manning was drafted by the San Diego Chargers as the No.1 pick in 2004 before being traded to the New York Giants, where he won his first Super Bowl in 2007. The four-time pro bowler won his second title four years later, beating the New England Patriots again, and became one of just six players to win multiple Super Bowl MVPs.