Eli Manning will be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on his first ballot in 2025.
First call: Oct 3, 2024, 11:36 PM ET · Deadline: Feb 7, 2025, 12:00 AM ET · Historical archive
“Eli will be a 1st ballot HOFer”OPEN THE ORIGINAL POST ↗
What we’re scoring
First-ballot deadline follows official first eligibility in 2025. Adjacent Cousins never-elected assertion has no bounded evaluation window and is deferred.
The ruling
The Hall elected Eric Allen, Jared Allen, Antonio Gates and Sterling Sharpe in 2025. First-year eligible finalist Eli Manning was not elected.
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- Oct 3, 2024, 11:36 PM ET · originalEli Manning will be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on his first ballot in 2025.Source post ↗
Public review history (3)
- Sep 24, 2026, 5:47 PM ET · approve
First-ballot deadline follows official first eligibility in 2025. Adjacent Cousins never-elected assertion has no bounded evaluation window and is deferred.
- Sep 24, 2026, 5:47 PM ET · verdict
The Hall elected Eric Allen, Jared Allen, Antonio Gates and Sterling Sharpe in 2025. First-year eligible finalist Eli Manning was not elected.
- Sep 24, 2026, 5:49 PM ET · review-note
First-ballot deadline follows official first eligibility in 2025. Adjacent Cousins never-elected assertion has no bounded evaluation window and is deferred. Jev advisory and original-source context manually reviewed; source-specific review decisions retained in the batch audit.
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