Back to the NFL Newsfeed

Inside the hit that defined Brian Dawkins' Hall of Fame career

Editor's note: This is part of a week-long look at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2018, focusing on plays, moments or defining characteristics of the inductees.

Brian Dawkins’ ferocious hit on Alge Crumpler during the NFC Championship Game following the 2004 regular season between the Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons is legendary in the City of Brotherly Love. Crumpler learned this firsthand when he returned to the scene of the crime several summers ago.

“I went to a football camp in 2014 for [fellow tight end] Anthony Becht in Philadelphia, and a little 10-year-old kid comes up and tells me he remembers that hit," said Crumpler, beginning to laugh.