For Canton, Cam Heyward is one of those borderline players. Someone who, if they retired today, probably would fall just shy of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, his own gold jacket and bust. But he’s playing at least one more season, potentially more, and there’s still a path to football immortality.
Being elected to the Hall of Fame is subjective. It’s done by a panel of voters and there’s no black-and-white criteria for who gets in during a given year. But we can look at trends and history and what benchmarks Hall of Famers have reached to see how close Heyward is.