Despite playing for a college juggernaut like Penn State, Linebacker Cameron Wake was not drafted in 2005.  He signed with the New York Giants as a Free Agent, but failed to make the team, but he continued to work out and hope for an opportunity, but it took a detour to Canada to get him to the NFL.

Wake made the B.C. Lions in 2007, and in the next two seasons, he was named the CFL Most Outstanding Defensive Player in both of them.  The NFL could not ignore that, and he signed with the Miami Dolphins, who were one of several teams interested in the former Nittany Lion.

Wake was a back-up as a 27-year-old NFL rookie, but he became a regular starter on the edge the year after and was one of the top pass-rushers over the next nine seasons.  Going to five Pro Bowls, Wake was a First Team All-Pro in 2012, and he had five 10-plus Sack years, peaking with 15 in 2012.  

Age caught up to Wake, and his final season in Tennessee (2019) was sub-standard compared to what he did before, but he accumulated 100.5 Sacks, an incredible accomplishment considering when he made it to the NFL.

The Video Game Hall of Fame has announced four new inductees to their Hall, which comprises:

Animal Crossing

Microsoft Flight Simulator

StarCraft

Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?

They beat out:

Call of Duty

Farmville

FIFA International Soccer

Guitar Hero

Mattel Football

Pole Position, Portal

Tron

The Video Game Hall of Fame is located in the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester.  

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2021 revision of our top 50 Denver Broncos of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in football we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NFL. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

This our first revision in two years, with one significant jump and one new entry.

1. John Elway

2. Shannon Sharpe

3. Von Miller

4. Randy Gradishar

5. Champ Bailey

You can find the entire list here.

Although he was out for the 2020 Season, his strong 2019 brought Miller to the top five, up from his previous #6 rank.

Wide Receiver, Emmanuel Sanders, who is no longer with the club, debuts at #50.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

The St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame announced that former MVP, Keith Hernandez won the fan vote and will be the next member of their institution.

Hernandez beat out Steve Carlton, Lee Smith, Matt Morris and Edgar Renteria to earn this honor.

With St. Louis, Hernandez was a two-time All-Star, one-time Silver Slugger and six-time Gold Glove winner, and he co-won the 1979 MVP with Willie Stargell of Pittsburgh.  The First Baseman won the Batting Title (.344) that year, and was also the National League leader in Runs (116) and Doubles (48).  Hernandez was also a key part of St. Louis’ World Series win in 1982, though that was his last full year with the Cardinals, as he was traded during the 1983 season to the New York Mets.

As a Cardinal, Hernandez collected 1,217 Hits with a Slash Line of .299/.385/.448. 

Hernandez will be officially inducted on June 28, fittingly when the Cards host the Mets.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Keith Hernandez for earning this honor.