Roger Craig is one step closer to the Hall of Fame

The NFL announced on Wednesday morning that five individuals have reached the final stage across three categories for a potential introduction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame:

Robert Kraft (Contributor)Bill Belichick (Coach)Ken Anderson (Senior)Roger Craig (Senior)L.C. Greenwood (Senior)

Craig, who played the majority of his career for the San Francisco 49ers, is one of only three NFL players to amass 1,000 yards rushing and receiving in the same season, which happened in 1985. One of the other players to do it is in the Hall of Fame. And besides Marshall Faulk, the other is an active player, 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey.

Craig has quite the catalog and has 73 career touchdowns and 13,100 yards from scrimmage. We bring up yards from scrimmage, as there are 30 players inducted into the Hall of Fame with fewer yards from scrimmage than Craig. What are we doing here?

This is the second year that the finalists in the coaches and contributor categories will compete against the three senior nominees. Each voter can select three finalists. The 50 Hall members will vote on the finalists on January 13. Inductees will be announced before the Super Bowl in February.