He was a really good back who played a long, long time. What's crazy is that coming into the league he was a walking medical red flag because he blew out his knee twice with the Canes.
Gore was part of one the greatest backfields in college football history. The 2001 Hurricanes had Clinton Portis, Frank Gore, Willis McGahee, and Najeh Davenport. The talent on those early 00's Miami teams is mind boggling.
Yeah I don't know if he's a first ballot HoFer. If you just go by his stats then yeah he's a first ballot guy but I never really saw him as one of the top players at his position. He was never a dominant force like some of the top RBs of his era like Tomlinson, Ed James, Shaun Alexander, Priest Holmes, Faulk, etc. But he was going to get you around 1,400 total yards and 7 TDs every year. As steady as they come.