The Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame’s class of 2024 will formally be inducted on Aug. 3.
With lower than a month till the annual occasion in Canton, Ohio, we’re inspecting which NFL gamers (previous and current) we expect will sooner or later obtain the same honor.
Listed below are three Dallas Cowboys who ought to finally obtain soccer immortality:
Vast receiver CeeDee Lamb
Whether or not he continues to have a Corridor-of-Fame profession with Dallas stays to be seen, however the former first-round choose is definitely off to a superb begin. Lamb completed because the league’s second-leading receiver final season with 1,749 yards, 50 fewer than Miami’s Tyreek Hill.
Hill is certainly one of solely 4 gamers with extra receiving yards (6,024) than Lamb (5,145) over the previous 4 seasons. Lamb has the fifth-most receptions (395) over that span, however to actually respect his Corridor of Fame potential, look no additional than former Cowboy Michael Irvin.
With 750 catches for 11,904 yards and 65 touchdowns in 12 years with Dallas, Irvin was elected to the Corridor of Fame in 2007. Nice numbers, however over his first 4 seasons, Lamb had 224 extra catches, 12 extra touchdowns and a pair of,177 extra yards than Irvin had from 1988-1991.
Projecting his common stats over eight extra seasons, Lamb would end with 1,185 receptions, 96 touchdowns and 15,435 yards in a 12-year profession, barely higher than former Texans receiver Andre Johnson, a member of this yr’s Corridor of Fame class.
Guard Zack Martin
Martin joined the Cowboys because the Sixteenth-overall choose in 2014 and has 152 begins in his 10-year profession. He’s presently tied with Corridor of Famers Bob Lilly and Randy White for probably the most All-Professional nominations (7) in franchise historical past.
Though he’s beneath contract via 2025, Martin has hinted that subsequent season shall be his final. He’ll be part of White and Lily as a first-ballot Corridor of Famer when eligible.
Tight finish Jason Witten
Witten turned eligible for the Corridor of Fame final yr however has but to make the record of 15 finalists. After becoming a member of Dallas as a third-round choose in 2003, Witten went on to set franchise data in yards (12,977) receptions (1,215) and video games performed (255).
Solely Dez Bryant caught extra touchdowns (73) with Dallas than Witten (72), however Bryant can’t match the tight finish’s 11 Professional Bowls and two First-Crew All-Professional nominations. Witten’s 13,046 profession yards (69 got here with the Raiders) are second to solely Tony Gonzalez (15,127), who joined the Corridor of Fame in 2019.
Witten nonetheless has 18 years of eligibility left to make the Corridor as a modern-era participant. He’ll get in, but it surely received’t be simple. Already competing for votes with former Charger Antonio Gates, he’ll be joined by Rob Gronkowski in 2027 with the Chiefs’ Travis Kelce not too far behind.
