2024 Pre-Season Rank #28, 2023 Pre-Season Rank #33, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #38, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #75, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #87.  Peak Period: 2017-21

In the first six seasons of Cameron Heyward's career, there was no mention of him ever sniffing the Hall of Fame. The next six years would change everything, as Heyward’s production increased, and he strung together a six-year Pro Bowl streak (2017-22) that included three First Team All-Pros.  Heyward was not just a consummate disruptor; he was an all-around role model who won the 2023 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award.

Last season at the age of 35, Heyward added his seventh Pro Bowl, but because his role is not purely as a pass-rusher, his 88.5 Sacks and 133 Tackles for Loss do not jump off the page, though, of course, we suspect (or hope), the Hall of Fame voters know this.

2024 Pre-Season Rank #29, 2023 Pre-Season Rank #42, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #51, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #78, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #89. Peak Period: 2018-22

No other Offensive Linemen who debuted in 2018 have been as good as Nelson.  Seven years don’t make the Hall for an O-Lineman (well, it did for Tony Boselli), but when you lay out a three-year streak of First Team All-Pro with a Pro Bowl every year, this bodes well for a bust in Canton.  Nelson’s AV/G is well over the MPA, which is very impressive.  If he can string together a decade of Pro Bowls and eventually add an All-Decade nod, Nelson will be hard to keep out.