{"id":211149,"date":"2022-07-25T16:28:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T20:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/?p=211149"},"modified":"2022-08-04T16:19:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T20:19:06","slug":"pro-football-hall-of-fame-countdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/2022\/07\/25\/pro-football-hall-of-fame-countdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Football Hall of Fame Countdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>True to his inspirational words, former Montclair player Sam Mills, who at 5-foot-9 was once considered too small to play linebacker, \u201ckept pounding\u201d throughout his college and professional football careers, and on August 6, 2022, his name and legacy will join other all-time greats when he is posthumously enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Hawk community is excited to follow the events of the week in Canton, Ohio, which kick off with the Hall of Fame game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday, August 4, as well as a \u201cFun Fest\u201d all weekend. On Saturday, August 6, the day begins with a morning parade for the Hall of Fame Class of 2022 and about 100 returning Hall of Famers. The enshrinement ceremony begins at noon with Emmy Award-winning actor, writer and producer Keegan-Michael Key serving as a speaker and ceremony host. The day ends with a concert featuring the rock band Journey.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to the events can be found, along with more information, at the\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballhof.com\/events\/2022\/08\/class-of-2022-enshrinement\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hall of Fame website<\/a>. The ceremony is nationally televised by NFL Network and\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espnplus\/player\/_\/id\/49278235-bd75-4313-8dfd-58e32dd9c06e\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in case you missed it, you can read more about\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/magazine\/spring-summer-2022\/sam-mills-80-named-to-hall-of-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Mills\u2019 legacy in Montclair magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montclair football\u2019s all-time greatest player to be posthumously enshrined on August 6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":211150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-76_alumni-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211149"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211240,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211149\/revisions\/211240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}