In 2018, Roquan Smith was the 8^th Overall Pick in the 2018 Draft, with the Chicago Bears as his landing spot.  Smith had a great run in the Windy City, but after he failed to negotiate a contract extension before the 2022 season, he wanted a way out.  Smith continued to dominate on the field, but with the Bears knowing that he wanted out, he was traded to Baltimore midway through the 2022 Season to Baltimore, where he was an instant dominator in the interior.

Smith, already considered one of the best inside linebackers before he was traded, accelerated his game and finished his season as a First Team All-Pro, which was the first time he had ever done so.  Smith tasted the post-season for the first time, and in 2023, Smith had his best year in the NFL, adding his second straight First Team All-Pro, where he had his first taste of Defensive Player of the Year votes.

The Baltimore Ravens’ (as of this writing) brief time with Roquan Smith is one of the most impressive brief stints in franchise history.

The problem with running a Hall of Fame-related website is that many of the big ones we cover all have announcements within months of each other.  The backbone of what we do is list-related, resulting in a long push to revise what we already have, specifically now with our Football Hockey and Basketball Lists.

At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the next ten of the 2024 Hockey List, which you can comment on and vote on:

The new 31 to 40:

31. Pekka Rinne
32. Steve Larmer
33. Rod Brind’Amour
34. Butch Goring
35. Chris Osgoode
36. Randy Carlyle
37. Reggie Leach
38. Sergei Gonchar
39. Vladimir Konstantinov
40. Vincent LeCavalier

Rankings are impacted annually based on your comments and votes.

Thank you all for your patience. We will soon unveil more changes to the football and basketball lists.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that Corey Dillon and Tim Krumrie have been chosen for the Cincinnati Bengals Ring of Honor.

The Bengals were late to the dance in the creation of a Ring of Honor, but have made up for lost time with the past announcements of Ken Anderson, Paul Brown, Isaac Curtis, Boomer Esiason, Chad Johnson, Anthony Munoz and Ken Riley to their Ring.

Corey Dillon, Running Back, 1997-2003.  The dynamic Running Back rushed for 8,061 Yards and 45 Touchdowns for the Bengals, while adding 1,482 Yards and 5 TDs from the air.  Dillon was a three-time Pro Bowl Selection.  He still holds the three top single-game rushing games in franchise history

Tim Krumrie, Nose Tackle-Defensive Tackle, 1983-94.  Krumrie played his entire career with the Bengals where the Nose Tackle was a two-time Pro Bowl and one-time First Team All-Pro.  He had 1,017 Tackles and 34.5 Sacks in the Jungle.

Dillon and Krumrie will be officially inducted at Cincinnati’s home game against the Washington Commanders on September 23^rd.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the impending members of the Cincinnati Bengals Ring of Honor.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that Texas Tech has announced the six members who will comprise the school’s athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2024.

This group will be formally inducted on November 8 at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center and will be recognized at the Red Raiders’ home football game the next day against Colorado.

The 2024 Texas Tech Athletic Hall of Fame Class is:

Danny Amendola, Football, 2004-07:  Over the four seasons as a Wide Receiver and Returner, Amendola had 204 Receptions, 2,264 Yards, and 15 Touchdowns while amassing more than 1,000 Punt Return Yards.  He would later win two Super Bowls with the New England Patriots.

Cody Carr, Men’s Basketball, 1994-98:  Carr averaged over 23 Points per Game over his last two years with the Red Raiders and was a First Team All-Big 12 Selection as a Senior.  He would later have a successful career in Europe.

Amanda Dowdy, Women’s Volleyball, 2008-11:  Dowdy Was the second women’s volleyball player in school history to be a two-time First Team All-Big 12 Selection and had 1,495 career kills.

Taylor Lytle, Women’s Soccer, 2008-11:  Lytle is the all-time school leader in Assists and was the team captain in her last two years with the program.

Omo Osaghae, Men’s Hurdles, 2007-11:  Osaghae was a four-time All-American and won three National Championships in the discipline.

Ifeatu Okafor, Women’s Shotput, 2010-13:  Okafor was a two-time All-Big 12 honoree and won the Big 12 shotput in 2011.

Track and Field Coach Wes Kittley will also be elected into the Texas Tech Hall of Honor.  Becoming a coach in 1999, Kittley is still in that capacity and has guided his school to 36 individual NCAA Championships.  Derrell Mitchell will also be honored with the Heritage Award.  He was a former Red Raiders Wide Receiver, and would eventually enter the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the impending members of the Texas Tech Red Raiders Athletic Hall of Fame.