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The Bears have 32 primary players in the Hall of Fame, with seven partial players. They have one head coach in the HOF (George Halas), putting them at 40 total members, too. They're in. With 39 Hall of Famers, the Bears still own the most HOFs in the NFL.

Few players get inducted yearly and fewer get in via the first ballot. Many states have produced numerous Pro Football Hall of Famers, but one tops the list. That illustrious state is Texas, with the NFL talent factory producing an impressive 36 Hall of Famers.

Fitzgerald's dramatic flair—as well as his phenomenal statistical production—earned him election to the College Football Hall of Fame 2024 Class, the National Football Foundation announced today.

Alabama's Crimson Tide has 57 former student-athletes in the NFL, the most pro players of any college.

Most Pro Football Hall of Famers by University

Notre Dame's prime years of sending players to the Hall of Fame have clearly passed, but they have had esteemed players like Joe Montana, Tim Brown, Paul Hornung, Alan Page, Earl Lambeau, and Jerome Bettis.

Jason Kelce is one of the best centers in NFL history. The Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman is right up there with Jim Langer, Jim Otto, or Mike Webster, and his name will almost certainly join those legends in the Hall of Fame in 2029.

Super Bowl 50 Team Features 22 Hall of Famers.

Texans talk a big game about football played in the Lone Star State, but numbers don't lie, and they back up the bravado. The NFL released its annual breakdown of rostered players in Week 1 for the 2023 season, and to little surprise, Texas is No. 1, producing more players on NFL rosters than any other state with 187.

Which HBCU has the most Pro Football Hall of Famers? ›

They are a reminder of the glory days of football at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Jackson State is tied with Grambling (Willie Brown, Buck Buchanan, Willie Davis and Charlie Joiner), Morgan State and South Carolina State for the most Hall of Famers from an HBCU.

Reggie Wayne not elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024.

He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018, and is a member of the NFL 2000s All-Decade Team and the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team.

NFL fans outraged Antonio Gates didn't make it into Hall of Fame.

Most Pro Football Hall of Famers by University

Notre Dame's prime years of sending players to the Hall of Fame have clearly passed, but they have had esteemed players like Joe Montana, Tim Brown, Paul Hornung, Alan Page, Earl Lambeau, and Jerome Bettis.

Of the 32 Hall of Famers from Pennsylvania, only four played for Pennsylvania teams, two with the Steelers and two with the Eagles. *The 2023 NFL Hall of Fame Ceremony is set to take place on Aug. 3, 2023.

Notre Dame is a storied program in the college football world, and it's famed for the number of talents it has produced, boasting the most players picked in NFL Draft history. The Fighting Irish is also the program with the most NFL MVP wins. An alumnus of the program has been named the winner of the award six times.

Texas also has the highest number of former and current professional players (2,644), the most Hall of Famers from the state (36), the most combined games played of any state (136,317), as well as the most combined touchdowns of any state at 8,841.