NFL Hall of Fame: Antonio Gates, Sterling Sharpe, Jared Allen, Eric Allen is 4 members of 2025 class

New Orleans – San Diego Chargers fans have a reason to celebrate again.

Laders moved to Los Angeles after the 2016 season, leaving their San Diego fans with heartache and old memories. Many of these memories include the tight end Antonio Gates, selected for Pro Football Hall of Fame in his second time on the ballot. He was part of the 2025 class, which was announced on Thursday at NFL Honours.

The rest of the class includes the defensive end Jared Allen, Cornerback Eric Allen and receives Sterling Sharpe. Among the notable names that did not come in were New York Giants Super Bowl-winning Quarterback Eli Manning, whose Hall of Fame case is complicated in itself, and New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts Kicker Adam Vinatieri.

Gates played 14 of his 16 seasons in San Diego and his last two in Los Angeles and picked up 11,841 yards and 116 touchdowns. He was an eight-time pro bowler, three-time first-team all-pro and member of the entire decade of the 2000s. Gates’ Hall of Fame Story is incredible when considering the often told story that he did not play college football. He played basketball in eastern Michigan for a year and then two seasons in Kent State. In his last basketball season he was an average of 20.6 points per year. Match. This athletics was well translated into the NFL.

Jared Allen was one of the leading Pasrushers in his era that led the NFL in sacks twice including a 22-bag season in 2011. Allen had 136 career sacks with four teams (Chiefs, Vikings, Bears, Panthers).

Eric Allen was a six-time pro bowler with 54 career captures over 14 years with Eagles, Raiders and Saints.

Sharpe’s career was shortened due to a neck injury, but led NFL in reception three times in seven seasons. He had 8,134 yards and 65 touchdowns in the seven seasons, all with Packers.