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On August 2, the names of Eric Allen, Jared Allen (no relation), Sterling Sharpe and Antonio Gates were announced as the 2025 inductees into the Professional Football Hall of Fame. The class of four — the smallest since 2005 — marks the 19th time a class of three or four enshrinees has been inducted into the hallowed Hall since the first four-person class was selected back in 1970. The four new inductees increase the total membership of the Hall to 382.

Eric Allen, who played seven of his 14 NFL seasons at defensive back for the Philadelphia Eagles, is one of the best to play in the position. Several Hall members have been quoted saying, “Eric Allen covered you like flypaper.” He was known as a pure cover-corner long before the term ente

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