What More Must Taysom Hill Do Before He Retires To Be Considered An NFL Hall Of Fame Player?

SonOfNOLA said
Devin Hester is 2x All-Decade, 4x All-Pro, and 4x Pro Bowler.

Frank Gifford is 1x NFL MVP, 1x All-Decade, 6x All-Pro, 8x Pro Bowler, along with a SB championship.

All-Pro and Pro Bowl accolades matter the most for HOF induction. Thats the main reason Jahri Evans is near HOF induction. Jahri was recognized as one of the NFL’s best Guards for his entire prime through the highest positional honor in several All-Pro selections.

Taysom has unique / / / slash records but doesn’t have any AP/PB accolades. He has to be recognized as one of the league’s best players for an entire season through APs and PBs. He won’t have a legitimate case for the NFL HOF without the accolades. He would need 1300+ rushing yard seasons or 15-20+ rushing TD seasons for All-Pro consideration. It may be too late for him to have a shot at those awards since he doesn’t get enough rushing touches to rack up higher numbers. He realistically has about 2-3 seasons left before he retires.

Taysom might have a chance for finalist consideration if he can somehow finish his career as a top 20-30 all time NFL rushing TD scorer. He needs 48 rushing TDs to reach 20th, 43 rushing TDs to reach 25th.
Multiple sub 20+ rushing TD seasons before he retires may also put him in the conversation.

Interesting fact I found that also answers the question @Artifactual asked. There isn’t a single player in the Hall of Fame that played after 1950 who doesn’t have at least one Pro Bowl.

So what does Hill need to do? He needs to get that first Pro Bowl for starters, otherwise he would be setting a different kind of record by making the HOF without one.

Edit: There is one, Ken Riley, that made it. However, he had a 1st team AP to his name, and he is fifth all time on the career interception leaderboard. So Hill needs at least one of a PB or AP, but few players have made it recently without multiple.