{"id":21127,"date":"2024-02-09T04:55:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T10:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=21127"},"modified":"2024-02-08T08:51:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T14:51:26","slug":"the-call-to-the-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/the-call-to-the-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"The Call To The Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/devin-hester.22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5656\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/devin-hester.22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/devin-hester.22.jpg 500w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/devin-hester.22-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Three former Bears will be heading to Canton this summer as part of the NFL&#8217;s Hall of Fame class of 2024: Steve McMichael, Devin Hester, and Julius Peppers.\u00a0 McMichael, the legendary defensive tackle who is battling ALS, makes it after nearly two decades of waiting.\u00a0 Hester, the record-setting return man gets in on his third try. Peppers, a nine-time Pro Bowl defensive end, makes it on his first attempt.<\/p>\n<p>McMichael, 66, spent thirteen seasons with the Bears, earning All-Pro honors twice.\u00a0 He\u2019s currently second in franchise history with 92\u00bd sacks and third with 814 tackles.<\/p>\n<p>Hester, 41, was drafted in the second round of the 2006 draft and quickly made an impact, returning a punt for a touchdown in his first game and recording six touchdowns over his first thirteen weeks.\u00a0 In less than two seasons, he became the leading kick returner in Bears history.\u00a0 In 2011, Hester became the NFL\u2019s all-time leading punt returner after breaking Eric Metcalf\u2019s record with a TD return against the Panthers. \u00a0He currently holds the NFL career record with 20 special-teams regular season touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Peppers, 44, spent most of his 17-year career with the Panthers, but gathered 37\u00bd sacks in his four seasons with the Bears, earning All-Pro honors in 2010.\u00a0 He is currently fourth in NFL history with 159\u00bd sacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three former Bears will be heading to Canton this summer as part of the NFL&#8217;s Hall of Fame class of 2024: Steve McMichael, Devin Hester, and Julius Peppers.\u00a0 McMichael, the legendary defensive tackle who is battling ALS, makes it after nearly two decades of waiting.\u00a0 Hester, the record-setting return man gets in on his third [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[511],"tags":[10994,20,4575,4578,10991,10993,10995,4579,10992],"class_list":["post-21127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","tag-als","tag-bears","tag-devin-hester","tag-eric-metcalf","tag-football-hof","tag-julius-peppers","tag-nfl-draft","tag-panthers","tag-steve-mcmichael"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21127"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21133,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21127\/revisions\/21133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}