Houston Chronicle

Hall candidates list trimmed to 24

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Versatile running back

Roger Craig, and twotime Super Bowl-winning coaches Tom Coughlin and Mike Shanahan advanced to the next stage of considerat­ion for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The selection committees cut down the list of candidates from 31 seniors and 29 coaches and contributo­rs to 12 in each category.

Among the other senior candidates are former league MVP Ken

Anderson, 1978 Defensive Player of the Year

Randy Gradishar and AFL star receivers Otis Taylor and Art Powell.

The other remaining semifinali­sts are Maxie Baughan, Joe Jacoby, Albert Lewis, Steve McMichael, Eddie Meador, Sterling Sharpe and Al Wistert. Mike Holmgren, who won a Super Bowl for Green Bay in the 1996 season and lost two more trips with the Packers and Seahawks, also advanced.

The other semifinali­sts in the coach and contributo­r category are Frank “Bucko” Kilroy, Robert Kraft, Buddy Parker, Dan Reeves, Art Rooney Jr., Marty Schottenhe­imer, Clark Shaughness­y, Lloyd Wells and John Wooten.

Ramsey to have surgery: Dolphins All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey will reportedly undergo surgery on his left knee after he was carted off the field at practice. Burrow injures calf: Cincinnati Bengals quarterbac­k Joe Burrow was carted off the practice field with a calf injury after he came up hobbling following a scramble. Cook, Jets to meet: Free agent running back

Dalvin Cook is heading to New York to meet with the new-look Jets this weekend. Hendrickso­n re-signs with Bengals: Two-time Pro Bowl defensive end Trey Hendrickso­n signed a one-year contract extension that ties him to Cincinnati through 2025.

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