For the third year in a row, former St. Louis Rams Super Bowl Champion wide receiver Isaac Bruce has been named a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Congratulations to @IsaacBruce80 who is a #PFHOF19 Finalist!- 4X Pro Bowls- Career 1,024 receptions, 15,208 receiving yards, 91 TDs- 1996 NFL Pass Receiving Yardage Title pic.twitter.com/qcP9kjqi4L
— Pro Football Hall of Fame (@ProFootballHOF)
January 3, 2019 Bruce is the only receiver among this year's finalist, which were announced at 5 p.m. CT on NFL Network.
Precise route-running and tireless work ethic was Bruce's M.O. during his 16-year career with the Rams (1994-2007) and San Francisco 49ers (2008-09). He scored 91 touchdowns and his 1,024 receptions ranked fifth and 15,208 receiving yardage placed him second in NFL history at the time of his retirement.
Bruce produced eight 1,000-yards seasons and 10 seasons in which he recorded 60 or more receptions.
In 1999, Bruce was a key ingredient in the Rams’ surprise turnaround from a team that had not finished higher than third place in the NFC Western Division in nine seasons to a first-place finish and a Super Bowl victory. He made the catch of the game, hauling in a 73-yard touchdown that proved to be the game winner with 1:54 remaining in contest.
The Class of 2019 Modern-Era Finalists have been announced! #PFHOF19Learn more about the finalists: https://t.co/FQiKT6NL99 pic.twitter.com/B94oDszg8G
— Pro Football Hall of Fame (@ProFootballHOF)
January 3, 2019 The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s current bylaws stipulate that between four and eight new members will be selected each year. No more than five Modern-Era Finalists can be elected in a given year. Therefore, a class of six, seven, or eight can only be achieved if one or more of the Contributor and Senior Finalists are elected.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019 will be announced during NFL Honors, a two-hour primetime awards special to air nationally on the eve of Super Bowl LIII at 9 p.m. (ET and PT) on CBS. NFL Honors will be taped earlier that evening at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta from 5-7 p.m. (local) when the 2019 Hall of Fame class will be introduced for the first time. In addition, the NFL and The Associated Press will announce their annual accolades in this awards show with the winners on hand to accept their awards.
The Class of 2019 will be officially enshrined into the Hall of Fame during the spectacular Enshrinement Ceremony held inside Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium at Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village in Canton on Saturday, Aug. 3. The Enshrinement is the main event of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Enshrinement Week Powered by Johnson Controls.
