Former Patriot Stanley Morgan named Hall of Fame semi-finalist

Former Patriots extensive receiver Stanley Morgan has superior to the semifinals of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Seniors category.

This class is for gamers who’ve been retired for at the least 25 years, and weren’t inducted into the Corridor of Fame when on the trendy period poll.

Morgan is one among 9 semifinalists this yr, with the others together with: Ken Anderson, Roger Craig, Henry Ellard, L.C. Greenwood, Joe Jacoby, Eddie Meador, Steve Tasker and Otis Taylor.

The previous first-round decide spent 13 seasons in New England from 1977-1989, and is a member of the Patriots Corridor of Fame. Throughout his tenure with the Patriots he caught 557 balls for 10,716 yards, together with 72 touchdowns.

He’s nonetheless the Patriots’ all-time receiving yards leader, a convincing 2,500 yards forward of Rob Gronkowski in second. Gronkowski was in a position to move him in touchdowns, with Morgan nonetheless second in that class.

Morgan additionally holds the NFL record for yards per reception (19.2) amongst gamers with at the least 500 profession catches.

Morgan will hope this yr’s vote goes higher than his 2023 and 2024 Corridor of Fame runs did, through which he additionally made it to the semifinals.

The record of 9 will probably be narrowed down to a few subsequent week, when the Corridor of Fame’s nine-person Seniors Blue-Ribbon Committee will meet and vote on who makes it to the finals. The winners will then be introduced in the course of the week main as much as the Tremendous Bowl.