Which members of the NY Giants are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame?

Perhaps no team in the NFL is better represented on the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s inaugural ballot than the NY Giants. Of the team’s 33 former members and executives currently enshrined in Canton, five got in with that very first group.

Names like Tim Mara, Jim Thorpe, and Pete Henry really help illustrate just how important the Giants were for the league when it was first getting started, and how the history of the NFL can’t be told without mentioning Big Blue. Here’s the whole list of guys:

As for the next wave of Giants players who may find their way into the Hall of Fame one day, here are a couple of names to keep an eye on:

It would make so many people mad. And while Eli Manning was a prolific quarterback in New York for the better part of two decades, his candidacy does kind of come down to “he beat Tom Brady in the Super Bowl twice.” And maybe that’s fine! No one else could. And sure, the box score stats are plenty impressive: over 57,000 passing yards, 234 starts in 236 games, 366 touchdowns, etc.

However, he also probably was never quite as good as his reputation suggested, which is just a perk of the job when you win multiple rings in New York. His Football Reference Hall of Fame monitor has him coming up short, but again – two rings, longtime New York quarterback, his last name is Manning. There’s going to be quite the push to get him in, mark my words.

There was a time where this felt like a lock – through his first three seasons, Odell Beckham Jr. had two All-Pro nods, three Pro Bowls, *35* touchdown catches, and eclipsed 1,300 receiving yards every year. He also had arguably the most recognizable and iconic touchdown catch in the last … 10? 20 years? He was immediately a star, and looked like a generational wide receiver.

Things haven’t gone nearly as well since 2017, though, and even with the occasional flash of greatness, he’s kind of been ‘Just A Guy’ for a half-decade. Injuries have really taken their toll, and even at just 31, it feels like OBJ’s on his last couple of seasons in the NFL. He probably wasn’t good enough for long enough to be considered seriously, but his special catch vs. Dallas will be shown in Hall of Fame montages for the rest of time.