LeSean McCoy to Be Inducted Into Eagles Hall of Fame During Nov. 3 Game vs. Jaguars
Featured Columnist IVAugust 24, 2024
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The Philadelphia Eagles will induct dilapidated working wait on LeSean “Shady” McCoy into the team’s Hall of Fame on Nov. 3, when Philly faces the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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It be been a protracted time coming. Shady is headed to the Eagles Hall of Fame!
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McCoy, 36, spent the first six seasons of his NFL occupation (2009-14) with the Eagles and became a three-time Pro Bowler and two-time first-team All-Pro desire with the Birds.
“LeSean became an incredibly proficient player who always approached the sport with colossal pleasure and enthusiasm. His elusiveness as a twin-chance wait on, coupled with his uncanny skill to carry out breathtaking performs, captivated everybody who had the privilege of searching at him compete. His vitality became contagious, nevertheless more importantly, it became his competitive spirit and dedication to being a colossal teammate that basically formed his legacy as in point of fact appropriate one of our league’s all-time greats. We detect forward to celebrating LeSean’s noteworthy occupation when he is rightfully enshrined in the Eagles Hall of Fame on Nov. 3.”
In McCoy’s six seasons in Philly, he rushed for over 1,000 yards four times and posted 20 total touchdowns in 2011. In total, he rushed for six,792 yards and 44 touchdowns with the Eagles while adding 300 receptions for 2,282 yards and a few other 10 ratings.
He is the all-time dashing leader in franchise history and third in Eagles history in dashing touchdowns, trailing most effective Steve Van Buren (69) and Wilbert 1st viscount montgomery of alamein (45).
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The main web page of a chapter about LeSean McCoy in the upcoming e book, The Franchise: Philadelphia Eagles (available 9/24): pic.twitter.com/R1sRDoebgd
He became traded to the Buffalo Bills in the Chip Kelly period, the build he played for four seasons earlier than stints with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs (2019) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2020). He retired as an Eagle, signing a one-day contract with the team in 2021.
“After 12 years in the NFL, I’ve made up our minds to retire an Eagle because right here’s house to me,” he wrote at the time. “I light contain that green inner my heart. There are times after I could presumably furthermore detect the Eagles on TV, and it appropriate felt irregular no longer wearing that uniform. I right away mediate wait on to all of those gargantuan games and the yowl of the followers; I’ve appropriate always viewed myself as an Eagle. It be most effective accurate to intention wait on wait on house and retire an Eagle.”
And now he’ll with out a shatter in sight be enshrined as one.
