When the Class of 2022 is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August, it will have been a long time coming for many of them. Each of the five modern-era inductees had been eligible for at least five years, and three had been eligible for 16 or more years.
On Thursday, this year's Hall of Fame class was announced during NFL Honors, and eight people will be inducted in Canton, Ohio, this summer. The five modern-era players in the class are: Tony Boselli, LeRoy Butler, Sam Mills, Richard Seymour and Bryant Young.
Seymour was the newest Hall of Fame member who had the shortest wait.