All-time great Chicago Bears cornerback Charles “Peanut” Tillman’s latest bid for the Pro Football Hall of Fame has officially begun.

Tillman has advanced to the list of 52 modern-era candidates for the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026, his fourth nomination since he became eligible in 2021. He, along with the rest of the candidates, made it past a preliminary list of 128 former players to be considered for induction next year.

The 6-2, 210-pound cornerback out of Louisiana is one of the most interesting Hall of Fame cases in the current crop. Tillman, who spent 12 of his 13 seasons in Chicago—most of them in Lovie Smith’s Cover-2 schemes—flew under the radar because his role often involved tackling and physical play at the line of scrimmage more than playing the football down the field. For

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