On Wednesday, 167 Modern-Era Players were announced as nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame 2025. Included in the group of 167 were twenty San Francisco 49ers alumni (20 former players and one former coach), four of which were first-year eligible players.
- K David Akers
- K Gary Anderson
- DB Antoine Bethea*
- WR Anquan Boldin
- LB NaVorro Bowman
- TE Vernon Davis*
- QB Jeff Garcia
- RB Charlie Garner
- LB Ken Norton Jr.
- LB Julian Peterson
- LB Bill Romanowski
- DB Allen Rossum
- DE Justin Smith
- LB Takeo Spikes
- T Joe Staley*
- TE Delanie Walker*
- TE Wesley Walls
- DT Ted Washington
- RB Ricky Watters
- LB Lee Woodall
- WR Wes Welker - former 49ers wide receiver coach (2019-2021)
* Indicates first-time eligible player
This initial Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025 nomination is one of several steps Modern-Era Players must go through on their campaign to Canton.
"In the next step in the selection process, a Screening Committee will reduce the list to 50 (plus ties, if any, for the 50th spot). The results of that reduction will be announced in mid-October.
"The full 50-person Hall of Fame Selection Committee then will reduce the list further – to 25 Semifinalists, later this fall. Another vote will create the list of 15 Finalists who will be discussed at the annual meeting ahead of Super Bowl LVIX that will produce the new class, which can consist of three, four or five Modern-Era Players under the Hall of Fame's bylaws.
"Twenty Finalists will be presented to the full 50-member Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee during its annual meeting to choose the Class of 2025. Those candidates will consist of 15 Modern-Era Players Finalists, three Seniors Finalists, a Coach Finalist and a Contributor Finalist.
"The Selection Committee will meet next year (on a date still to be determined) in advance of Super Bowl LVIX. While there is no set number for any class of Enshrinees, the selection process bylaws provide that between four and eight new members will be selected.
"Finalists must receive at least 80% support from the Selection Committee to join the Class of 2025. The Modern-Era Player Finalists will be trimmed during the annual selection meeting from 15 to 10, then to seven. Committee members then will vote for five of the seven Finalists.
"This year's reduction voting and the selection meeting ballots will be processed via an online voting platform developed specifically for the Pro Football Hall of Fame by the firm Ernst & Young LLP. EY has overseen the election process since the Centennial Class of 2020.
"The Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2025 presented By Visual Edge IT will be enshrined next August in Canton."
