Versatile running back Roger Craig and two-time Super Bowl-winning coaches Tom Coughlin and Mike Shanahan advanced to the next stage of consideration for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The selection committees cut down the list of candidates from 31 seniors and 29 coaches and contributors to 12 in each category in results announced Thursday.
The 12-person committees for each group will meet next month to pick up to three senior candidates among players who last played no later than 1998, and one coach and contributor. The finalists will be part of the Hall's class of 2024 if they are supported by at least 80% of voters next January.