Bengals Ring of Honor member Ken Anderson, the only eligible quarterback with four NFL passing titles not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, is again one of the nine semifinalists in the senior category.
For the fourth straight year, Anderson reached the senior semis in a vote by the Seniors Blue-Ribbon Committee. Anderson's fellow Bengals Ring of Honor members, Isaac Curtis and Lemar Parrish, were in the final 34 but didn't reach the semis. They survived the cut from 182 senior nominees who haven't played in the last 25 years.
The committee meets Nov. 25 to select the three senior finalists who will join 15 Modern-Era players, as well as a coach, and contributor, on the final ballot of 20 names for the 2026 induction. That final vote, by the Hall's 50-member board of selectors, is in January and is announced at the NFL awards ceremony the night before the Super Bowl.
Anderson, 76, retired before the 1987 season as the NFL's all-time leader in completion percentage for a postseason career, a single season, and a game with at least 20 passing attempts. The 1975 NFL Man of the Year, Anderson played all 16 seasons with the Bengals and remains their all-time passing leader.
Bengals.com is a member of the Seniors Blue-Ribbon Committee, as well as the board of selectors.