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Hall of Fame recipient Terrell Owens has not been to the Hall of Fame and has no intention of going yet.
“Last weekend was another indication of why I wouldn’t be going,” Owens told Bob Glauber about Newsday. “I don’t disrespect anyone who came in, but I just don’t understand the process. Calvin Johnson joined [on the first ballot]. This has nothing to do with Calvin himself. The guy was a beast. But there is no justification when you have [receivers Torry Holt and Reggie Wayne] who did the same or bigger things. “
Johnson’s election in the first vote remains confusing, as he has only spent nine seasons in the NFL and has never played for a team that won a playoff game. He is 32nd on the receiving yard list of all time, right behind Wayne and Holt.
Yes, Johnson was dominant in his day. He holds the record for receiving yards for a single season, at 1,964. And he won that distinction in 2012, with a Lions team that won four games and lost 12.
Owens, who arrived in Canton on the third try but should have done it on the first, boycotted the ceremony, holding his own event at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.