The Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame introduced a pool of 173 modern-era nominees on Tuesday. These 2024 class candidates can be boiled right down to 25 semifinalists by November, when their deserves can be inspected beneath a lot stronger microscopes. Among the many 173 nominees are 9 first-time candidates, the one gamers within the group who’ve an opportunity at being “first-ballot” Corridor of Famers.

The Packers are nicely represented in that assortment of 9 gamers, with receiver Jordy Nelson, guard Josh Sitton, guard T.J. Lang and edge defender Julius Peppers making the reduce. Notable non-Packers who’re first-ballot choices are tight finish Antonio Gates and nostril deal with Haloti Ngata.

Nelson and Sitton have already been inducted within the Packers’ Corridor of Fame, although, Lang and Peppers nonetheless have to attend their flip.

Nelson recorded 613 receptions for 8,587 yards and 72 touchdowns by the air throughout his NFL profession and performed for the Packers from 2008 to 2017. He was voted as a Professional Bowler a single time in 2014, the identical yr that he was named a Second-Staff All-Professional.

Sitton and Lang performed guard collectively from 2009 to 2015. In whole, the 2 offensive linemen mixed for 280 video games performed with 255 begins between them. Sitton was named a Professional Bowler thrice as a Packers and as soon as as a Chicago Bears. He was additionally named an All-Professional thrice, all with Inexperienced Bay. Lang made a Professional Bowl in his ultimate season (2016) with the Packers and his first season (2017) with the Detroit Lions.

If I needed to guess, Nelson, Sitton and Lang all fall beneath the class of “the Corridor of Very Good” — gamers that Packers followers will keep in mind however received’t be acknowledged by the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame.

The participant who has first-ballot potential is Peppers, the previous second-overall choose of the 2002 draft who recorded 159.5 sacks throughout his NFL profession. In whole, Peppers was named an All-Professional six instances, a Professional Bowler 9 instances and made each the 2000s and 2010s All-Decade Staff. Whereas he solely performed three seasons with the Packers, and can in all probability be finest remembered for his stretch in Carolina, Peppers was capable of register 25 sacks in his time in Inexperienced Bay. Later this season, Peppers is scheduled to be inducted into the Panthers’ Corridor of Honor.