There are players on the 49ers roster who could be enshrined in Canton at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
With such an extensively talented roster, it’s little surprise that the San Francisco 49ers have some players who could one day be enshrined in Canton, Ohio in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Football is a team game and Super Bowls can’t be won with the full contribution from the team, but every team has its stars who push them towards a higher level of play.
Such players get enshrined in the Hall of Fame, the greatest individual honor one can achieve in football.
The 49ers have a few players who look like they belong there, too. Recently, the 49ers said goodbye to one such player in left tackle Joe Staley, who finally retired after a long career in red and gold.
A Pro Bowler six times, a second-team All-Pro three times and a member of the 2010s All-Decade team, Staley has the resume to one day be inducted. He’s the 49ers greatest ever offensive linemen, with all respects to Hall of Famer Leo Nomellini, and one of the best linemen of the century in general.
With him departed from the team, the 49ers still have some players who could make it to the Hall of Fame.
Here are four of them who could be inducted.
No. 1: 49ers Tackle Trent Williams
One of the new 49ers for 2020, left tackle Trent Williams is one of the few tackles who can claim to have a better resume than Staley at the position.
With seven Pro Bowls and a second-team All-Pro nod to his credit, Williams has had a long history of success anchoring the blindside for the Washington Redskins.
Williams is hoping to end his career at San Francisco and should have little issues with the familiar zone–blocking scheme he’s already played in as a result of head coach Kyle Shanahan being his former offensive coordinator in Washington.
By the end of his career, he should have accumulated a big enough resume to be a Hall of Famer.