After being unceremoniously passed over several times, a Minnesota Vikings great who has never really gotten the recognition he should since he left the game has finally gotten a small measure of it.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame has released its list of 26 semifinalists for the 2026 Hall of Fame Class, and former Vikings defensive lineman Kevin Williams has made the cut for the first time. Williams last played in the NFL in 2015 and has been passed over several times, but has now finally made it through the first step towards potential enshrinement in Canton.

Williams was the seventh. . .er, eighth. . .er, ninth overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft by the Vikings, the draft where they famously “missed” their pick when they were on the clock at #7 overall. More accurately, as Kevin Seifert

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