Kenny Easley was selected to the Pro FB Hall of Fame.
Kenny Easley Headed to the Hall of Fame
February 04, 2017 | Football
Kenny Easley has been selected to the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2017 it was announced on Saturday night. He will be enshrined during a three-day celebration at the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio on August 3-6.
Easley becomes the sixth Bruin to be voted into the Pro Football HOF joining Troy Aikman (inducted in 2006, played for Cowboys from 1989-00), Tom Fears (inducted in 1970, played for Rams from 1948-56), Jimmy Johnson (inducted in 1993, played for 49ers from 1961-76), Jonathan Ogden (inducted in 2013, played for Ravens from 1996-07), Bob Waterfield (inducted in 1965, played for Rams from 1945-52).
Easleyย was regarded as one of the nation's best defenders, playing free safety for the Bruins from 1977-1980. He started from the second game of his true freshman season and went on to become only the second three-time consensus All-American in UCLA and Conference history (1978-80). The native of Chesapeake, Va. finished ninth in voting for the 1980 Heisman Trophy. He became the first four-time first-team all-conference selection in league history. Easley ranks first on the all-time UCLA career interceptions list with 19 and is fifth in all-time tackles (374). He also still ranks among the all-time top 10 at UCLA in career punt returns (45). His No. 5 jersey is one of nine Bruin retired numbers.
Easley, a four-time first-team All-Pro and five-time Pro Bowl safety that the Seattle Seahawks took with the No. 4 overall pick in the 1981 NFL Draft, recorded 32 interceptions through seven professional seasons, racking up 538 return yards and three touchdowns in the process. He earned AFC Defensive Rookie of the Year honors in 1981 and had a League-leading 10 picks including two pick-sixes in 1984, when he was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Easley was named to the NFL's All-Decade Team of the 1980's.
In 1991, Easley was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame and the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame (College Hall of Fame). He will become the fourth Seahawks player in the Pro Football Hall of Fame joining Steve Largent, Cortez Kennedy and Walter Jones.
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Easley becomes the sixth Bruin to be voted into the Pro Football HOF joining Troy Aikman (inducted in 2006, played for Cowboys from 1989-00), Tom Fears (inducted in 1970, played for Rams from 1948-56), Jimmy Johnson (inducted in 1993, played for 49ers from 1961-76), Jonathan Ogden (inducted in 2013, played for Ravens from 1996-07), Bob Waterfield (inducted in 1965, played for Rams from 1945-52).
Easleyย was regarded as one of the nation's best defenders, playing free safety for the Bruins from 1977-1980. He started from the second game of his true freshman season and went on to become only the second three-time consensus All-American in UCLA and Conference history (1978-80). The native of Chesapeake, Va. finished ninth in voting for the 1980 Heisman Trophy. He became the first four-time first-team all-conference selection in league history. Easley ranks first on the all-time UCLA career interceptions list with 19 and is fifth in all-time tackles (374). He also still ranks among the all-time top 10 at UCLA in career punt returns (45). His No. 5 jersey is one of nine Bruin retired numbers.
Easley, a four-time first-team All-Pro and five-time Pro Bowl safety that the Seattle Seahawks took with the No. 4 overall pick in the 1981 NFL Draft, recorded 32 interceptions through seven professional seasons, racking up 538 return yards and three touchdowns in the process. He earned AFC Defensive Rookie of the Year honors in 1981 and had a League-leading 10 picks including two pick-sixes in 1984, when he was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Easley was named to the NFL's All-Decade Team of the 1980's.
In 1991, Easley was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame and the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame (College Hall of Fame). He will become the fourth Seahawks player in the Pro Football Hall of Fame joining Steve Largent, Cortez Kennedy and Walter Jones.
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