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Receiver Bob Hayes and defensive end Claude Humphrey have been selected by the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Seniors Committee as finalists for election into the Hall of Fame with the Class of 2009. These gentlemen will join 15 still-to-be-named modern-era candidates on the list of finalists from which the Class of 2009 will be selected. The Hall of Fame selection meeting will be held on January 31, 2009, the day before Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida.
To be elected, Mr. Hayes and Mr. Humphrey must each receive the same 80 percent voting support that is required of all finalists. The Hall’s Board of Selectors can elect a maximum of two senior candidates and five modern-era candidates for a class no smaller than four or larger than seven during next January’s meeting. Both of the senior nominees have been finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the past. Mr. Hayes was the seniors committee’s candidate in 2004 while Mr. Humphrey was a modern-era finalist three times, in 2003, 2005 and 2006.
Source: ProFootballHOF.com