CANTON, Ohio. – Jackson State University legend Robert Brazile took his rightful place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday night at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.
Brazile, the seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker from the Houston Oilers, referenced knocks and phone calls, which is how men up for induction find out they’ve been chosen for the Hall. As a Senior Category choice, Brazile found out via a phone call last year that he was a finalist, and then in February, Hall president David Baker knocked on his hotel room door in Minneapolis to tell him he’d finally been chosen for the Hall.
“When they knocked on my door, all of my dreams came true. After all these years, I’m at home,” Brazile said.
Known as “Dr. Doom” during his playing days, Brazile was presented by his father, Robert Brazile Sr. When the two unveiled Brazile Jr.’s bronze bust, which featured the mutton-chop sideburns he’d worn during his playing days in the late 1970s and early 80s, Brazile Jr. gave it a kiss.
Brazile remembered his father knocking on the bathroom door when he was a child, telling him to get out of the bathtub, and the phone call he got while at Jackson State in Mississippi, letting him know the Oilers had made him the sixth pick in the 1975 draft.
He joked that his children were probably wondering which phone call he would mention, but he didn’t embarrass them.
Instead, after naming each of his children and their spouses, he said, “I’m so glad you trusted me enough to call me for anything. Never stop calling me, because I love y’all so much.”
Brazile is the fourth Jackson State football alum to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He joins Walter Payton, Lem Barney, and Jackie Slater.
Parts of this article courtesy of Yahoo Sports.
Courtesy: JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS
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