Riley

The honor comes almost three years after Riley's death at the age of 72, and 40 years after his retirement from the Cincinnati Bengals.

Lewis was a Baltimore Raven and always will be, just as Dan Marino is a Miami Dolphin and Lawrence Taylor a New York Giant. I try to understand the professional circumstances that prompted Rice, Joe Montana, Emmitt Smith, Brett Favre and even Tom Brady to prolong their careers with teams other than the ones with whom they earned their Hall of Fame stature. He played in 207 NFL games, all for the Bengals, and I have to think that's another small factor working in his favor in eventually getting into the Hall of Fame. All the debating is done and Riley is in the Hall of Fame, along with Ray Lewis and Jim Brown and Vince Lombardi and Jerry Rice. Until very recently, the Bengals have been considered something of a forlorn franchise. "I was very low-key," he said in a signature quote.

On Thursday night, when former Bengals left tackle Anthony Muñoz announced at the NFL Honors ceremony that former Bengals cornerback Ken Riley would be a ...

For (Riley) to be in the very first grouping in the Ring of Honor, that let all these Hall of Fame voters realize that from a franchise standpoint, this guy was one of the most important in franchise history.” Offensive tackle Willie Anderson, who was inducted into the Bengals’ Ring of Honor in 2022, was a finalist on the modern-era ballot. “Until the last couple of years, people forgot about that a lot. I give a lot of credit to (Bengals director of strategy and engagement) Elizabeth Blackburn for selling her grandfather (Mike Brown) on the idea of a Ring of Honor. Riley was in the first class of inductees, alongside Muñoz, Anderson and Paul Brown. “Maybe (Riley flew under the radar) because Lamar Parrish was on the other side of him,” Anderson said. Riley has been eligible for the Hall of Fame for decades, and his case has always been as straightforward as his 65 interceptions. Parrish was one of the best kick and punt returners in the NFL. “Any time you can get somebody of his caliber on the national level and on social media, it takes off,” Lapham said. The lack of those accolades hurt his Hall of Fame case for years. The story of Riley’s 15-year career was how one of the best players in the NFL didn’t get much national recognition, and that continued until last Thursday. Riley is remembered by several Hall of Fame quarterbacks for his ability to catch them by surprise and snag the football.

Two former Keystone Staters — Joe Klecko (St. James HS) and Darrelle Revis (Aliquippa HS) will be inducted into Canton, Ohio in August. They other states ...

On defense, he was a standout defensive end, who won the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association’s Defensive Player of the Year after his senior season. On offense, he was a tight end and fullback, at different points in his career. Klecko was cut as a high school football and never returned to the field until his senior season at St. According to the Delaware County Daily Times was a “bench-warmer” for the first games of his high school career. Pennsylvania high school football leads the way in the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023. Coryell was a quarterback and tennis player at Lincoln High.

After all, fellow Bengals great Ken Riley finally just got enshrined after a massive wait, becoming the second player in team history to enter the hall. Asked ...

With Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Ken Riley and innovative San Diego Chargers head coach Don Coryell no longer with us, NFL Network's Steve Wyche honors ...