The Pro Football Hall of Fame sent out a preliminary list of 183 players to be considered in the Seniors category for the 2025 Class.
Among those group, 14 players spent time with the Cowboys, including Ring of Honor members Lee Roy Jordan and Don Meredith, along with Pro Bowlers such as Nate Newton, Daryl Johnston and Harvey Martin.
The list will reduce to 50 players over the next few weeks. Then, a separate Seniors Blue-Ribbon Committee will reduce the list down and eventually select just three Seniors as finalists for possible election.
To be considered for the Seniors list, the players' last season had to be in 1999 or before.
Players such as Darren Woodson, who has been a finalist for the Hall of Fame each of the last two years, is expected to be among the finalists yet again.
Here's the list of 183 Seniors Candidates with the former Cowboys in bold.
QUARTERBACKS (16): Ken Anderson, Charlie Conerly, Boomer Esiason, Roman Gabriel, James "Shack" Harris, Bobby Hebert, Jeff Hostetler, Ron Jaworski, Jack Kemp, Dave Krieg, Daryle Lamonica, Don Meredith, Jim Plunkett, Phil Simms, Joe Theismann, Doug Williams.
RUNNING BACKS (25): Alan Ameche, Ottis Anderson, Jon Arnett, Larry Brown, Timmy Brown, Earnest Byner, Roger Craig, John David Crow, Clem Daniels, Hewritt Dixon, Chuck Foreman, Willie Galimore, Pat Harder, Marv Hubbard, Cecil Isbell, Daryl Johnston, Verne Lewellen, Christian Okoye, Bill Osmanski, Glenn Presnell, Mark van Eeghen, Herschel Walker, Byron "Whizzer" White, Sammy Winder, Paul "Tank" Younger.
WIDE RECEIVERS/TIGHT ENDS (31): Mark Bavaro, Gino Cappelletti, Raymond Chester, Todd Christensen, Mark Clayton, Gary Collins, Isaac Curtis, Carroll Dale, Lavvie Dilweg, Boyd Dowler, Henry Ellard, Jimmie Giles, Billie Howton, Harold Jackson, Billy "White Shoes" Johnson, Brent Jones, Homer Jones, Ken Kavanaugh, Stanley Morgan, Art Powell, Mike Quick, Bob Scarpitto, Sterling Sharpe, Del Shofner, Pat Studstill, John Taylor, Lionel Taylor, Otis Taylor, Rick Upchurch, Bobby Walston, Billy Wilson.
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN (28): Harris Barton, Dick Barwegan, Ed Budde, Randy Cross, Ray Donaldson, Ox Emerson, Bill Fralic, Gale Gillingham, Kevin Glover, Charles "Buckets" Goldenberg, Wayne Hawkins, Jay Hilgenberg, Chris Hinton, Joe Jacoby, Mike Kenn, Bob Kuechenberg, George Kunz, Don Mosebar, Ralph Neely, Nate Newton, John Niland, Dick Schafrath, Luis Sharpe, Walt Sweeney, Fuzzy Thurston, Jim Tyrer, Ed White, Al Wistert.
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN (27): Lyle Alzado, George Andrie, Al "Bubba" Baker, Roger Brown, Ray Childress, Ben Davidson, Mark Gastineau, Bill Glass, L.C. Greenwood, Rosey Grier, Rich Jackson, Ed "Too Tall" Jones, Sean Jones, Tom Keating, Eugene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb, Jim Marshall, Leonard Marshall, Harvey Martin, Leslie O'Neal, Michael Dean Perry, Lou Rymkus, Tom Sestak, Otis Sistrunk, Fred Smerlas, Bubba Smith, Bill Stanfill, Greg Townsend.
LINEBACKERS (22): Carl Banks, Maxie Baughan, Bill Bergey, Dan Conners, Mike Curtis, Joe Fortunato, Larry Grantham, Tom Jackson, Vaughn Johnson, Lee Roy Jordan, Seth Joyner, Wilber Marshall, Rod Martin, Clay Matthews Jr., Karl Mecklenberg, Matt Millen, Tommy Nobis, Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds, Andy Russell, Pat Swilling, Darryl Talley, Phil Villapiano.
DEFENSIVE BACKS (28): Dick Anderson, Bobby Boyd, Joey Browner, Deron Cherry, Nolan Cromwell, Thom Darden, Don Doll, Pat Fischer, Dave Grayson, Cornell Green, Merton Hanks, Lester Hayes, Albert Lewis, Terry McDaniel, Tim McDonald, Eddie Meador, Jim Norton, Lemar Parrish, Jimmy Patton, Jake Scott, Dennis Smith, Jack Tatum, Roosevelt Taylor, Mike Wagner, Everson Walls, Dave Whitsell, Fred Williamson, Louis Wright.
PUNTERS/KICKERS (4): Jim Bakken, Norm Johnson, Sean Landeta, Nick Lowery.
SPECIAL TEAMS (2): Mel Gray, Steve Tasker.
