CHARLOTTE — Former Panthers safety and Panthers Radio Network analyst Eugene Robinson is now a Senior, in the eyes of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The 62-year-old Robinson, who played his final season for the Panthers in 2000, is among the 162 Senior nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, which was announced Thursday. Players have 25 years as modern candidates before they go to the Seniors pool.
Robinson's case is an interesting one. In his 16 seasons with the Seahawks, Packers, Falcons, and Panthers, he totaled 57 interceptions.
That puts him tied for 13th on the all-time interceptions list.
Of the 12 guys ahead of him on that list (he's tied for 13th with Hall of Famers Mel Blount and Johnny Robinson), 10 are already in the Hall of Fame. That group includes Paul Krause, Emlen Tunnell, Rod Woodson, Night Train Lane, Ken Riley, Charles Woodson, Ed Reed, Ronnie Lott, Dick LeBeau, and Emmitt Thomas.
The 162 nominees will be reduced to 50 by a special screening committee in the coming weeks. That group will then be reduced in increments by the Seniors blue-ribbon committee, until they have three nominees to be presented to the full selection committee.
Robinson was a three-time Pro Bowler and earned All-Pro honors in 1993 with the Seahawks, when he led the league with nine interceptions.
He had one interception for the Panthers in 2000, when he started all 16 games. He also had five playoff interceptions, and won a Super Bowl with Green Bay in 1996.
Other players with Panthers ties on the Seniors nominee list are linebacker Greg Lloyd (who played his final season here in 1998), and former Rams quarterback Roman Gabriel, who was a part of the original Panthers Radio Network.
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