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 and Basketball Lists.

At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the next twenty-five of the 2024 Football List, which you can comment on and vote on:

The new 151 to 175:

151. Brian Mitchell
152. Lomas Brown
153. Tiki Barber
154. John David Crow
155. Byron “Whizzer” White
156. Gene Washington
157. Cameron Wake*
158. Boyd Dowler
159. Mike Alstott
160. Roger Brown
161. Chris Hinton
162. Eric Berry
163. Harlon Hill
164. George Christensen
165. Jimmy Smith
166. Michael Dean Perry
167. Fred Taylor
168. Drew Bledsoe
169. Billy Wilson
170. Wes Welker
171. James Brooks
172. Brandon Marshall
173. Mike Curtis
174. Eddie George
175. Art Powell 

*Denotes first year of eligibility. 

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.

Few players captured the hearts of Cleveland fans in the late 1980s quite like Michael Dean Perry. Drafted out of Clemson in the second round of the 1988 NFL Draft, the younger brother of William "The Refrigerator" Perry quickly established a colossal identity all his own along the Browns' defensive front. His popularity exploded so fast that local McDonald's franchises in Northeast Ohio even named a multi-patty burger after him—the "MDP"—to match his larger-than-life persona.

On the field, Perry was a disruptive force at defensive tackle, blending explosive quickness off the snap with immense lower-body power. After earning All-Rookie honors in 1988, he delivered a transcendent sophomore campaign in 1989. Racking up a career-high seven sacks and collapsing pockets weekly, Perry was named the 1989 AFC Defensive Player of the Year, secured his first Pro Bowl selection, and earned a First-Team All-Pro nod.

That breakout season marked the start of a six-year period in which Perry was the cornerstone of Cleveland's defense. During his time in Ohio, he was chosen for five Pro Bowls (1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, and 1994), earned a First-Team All-Pro honor in 1990, and received two Second-Team All-Pro selections. His presence on the field forced opposing offensive lines to double-team him constantly, creating rushing opportunities for linebackers and playing a key role in Cleveland reaching the 1989 AFC Championship Game and making a playoff run in 1994 under coach Bill Belichick.

After the 1994 season, salary cap constraints and structural changes led to his departure, and he spent his remaining NFL years with Denver, where he added a sixth career Pro Bowl selection before retiring in 1997.

Across seven seasons in Cleveland (1988–1994), Perry played 109 games, with 42.5 sacks, becoming one of the franchise's top interior pass-rushers. In 2001, the organization honored him by naming him to the first class of Cleveland Browns Legends.

An exceptionally popular player during his days in Cleveland (the local McDonalds franchises even had a sandwich named after him for a time), Michael Dean Perry was a defensive beast who, while with the Browns, was one of the leaders of a strong defense.  MDP would go to five Pro Bowls as a Brown (his sixth coming with Denver), and he was a First Team All-Pro and Second Team All-Pro twice.  He was also named the AFC Defensive Player of the Year in 1989.  Not to bad for someone considered a little undersized, but nobody doubted his quickness off the snap was unquestioned.