New Orleans Saints legends Jahri Evans and La’Roi Glover are among 167 modern-era nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025 for the third year in a row and are joined by first-year nominee Darren Sproles.
Evans was a finalist for the class of 2024 and a semifinalist for the class of 2023. The right guard is the latest selection to the Saints Ring of Honor and is a member of the Saints Hall of Fame. The former fourth-round pick (No. 108 overall) by the Saints in 2006 touts an accomplished resumé that includes six Pro Bowl selections, five All-Pro selections (four First-Team All-Pro), was named to the Saints 50th Anniversary Team and the NFL 2010s All-Decade Team as well as a Super Bowl XLIV championship.
Evans was a Saint from from 2006-15 and after a brief stint with Seattle that ended after he was released prior to the regular season in 2016, returned to New Orleans for that season to start all 16 games before playing his final season in Green Bay in 2017. Evans started all 183 regular-season games he played, 169 with the Saints and has since gone on to work as an offensive assistant on the Saints coaching staff.
Glover was a four-time All-Pro and six-time Pro Bowler who led the NFL with 17 sacks in 2000, when he finished second in the Defensive Player of the Year balloting, and is a member of the NFL All 2000s Decade Team as well as a member of the Saints 50th Anniversary Team. New Orleans signed Glover off waivers in 1997, and he posted 50 sacks in five seasons from 1997-2001.
Sproles joined the Saints in free agency in 2011 and played in 44 regular season games and would accrue 5,546 all-purpose yards including setting the single-season record in 2011 with 2,696 yards. He found his way to the end zone on 22 occasions in the regular season for the Black and Gold, five rushing, 16 receiving and one punt return. Sproles finished his career as a three-time Pro Bowler, one second-team All-Pro selection, a member of the NFL 2010s All-Decade Team and a Super Bowl champion with the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII.
Glover, Evans and Sproles are among a few former Saints on this year's nominee list, including: quarterback Jake Delhomme (1997-2002), running back Ricky Williams (1999-2001), fullback John Kuhn (2016-2017), running back Terry Allen (2000), fullback Lorenzo Neal (1993-1996), wide receiver Joe Horn (2000-2006), tight end Jeremy Shockey (2008-2010), tight end Wesley Walls (1994-1995), defensive tackle Kevin Williams (2015) and defensive back Eric Allen (1995-1997).
The full 50-person Hall of Fame Selection Committee will reduce the list later in the fall to 25 semifinalists and than further to the list of 15 finalists who will be discussed at the annual meeting ahead of Super Bowl LIX that will produce the new class, which can consist of three, four or five Modern-Era Players under the Hall of Fame's bylaws.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
As he celebrates his birthday, we look back at defensive tackle La'Roi Glover's years in uniform with the New Orleans Saints.
