T.D. Touches Down in Ring of Fame

xjsynx · 07-27-2007, 05:53 PM

By Andrew Mason
DenverBroncos.com

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Terrell Davis' number may be back in circulation, but now his name belongs to the ages.

Friday, the Broncos announced that the team's all-time leader in carries, rushing yardage rushing touchdowns and nine other franchise standards will be the newest inductee into the Ring of Fame.

The ceremony will take place during the Broncos' game with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sept. 23.

Davis was selected to the Ring of Fame during a Friday morning meeting of the selection committee, which includes President/CEO Pat Bowlen, former General Manager John Beake, former team defensive coordinator Joe Collier, and former play-by-play voice Larry Zimmer of KOA radio.

"If I ever get another running back that's as good as Terrell Davis has been for the past seven years," President/CEO Pat Bowlen said in 2002, "I'll feel very, very lucky."

Although Davis played just seven seasons for the Broncos, his accomplishments are legion. But these are perhaps the most notable:

... He earned Super Bowl XXXII and 1998 Most Valuable Player honors ...

... He has one of just five 2,000-yard rushing seasons in NFL annals, but has the only 2,000-yard, 20-touchdown season, hitting the end zone 21 times in that memorable 1998 campaign ...

... He holds the league record for most consecutive postseason 100-yard rushing games with seven, which represents the Broncos' two-year unbeaten postseason run during the 1997 and 1998 playoffs.

Davis is just the second Broncos running back to enter the Ring of Fame, joining Floyd Little, who was inducted in 1984, the year in which the Ring was established at Mile High Stadium.

Until Davis, the last player inducted into the RIng of Fame was Steve Atwater, whose name was added to the upper-deck facade at INVESCO Field at Mile High at halftime of a 2005 win over the Washington Redskins.