Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis will have to wait at least another year as he was not selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2013 on the eve of Super Bowl XLVII.
The five modern era players that did make it were Larry Allen, Cris Carter, Jonathan Ogden, Bill Parcells and Warren Sapp. The two veteran selections, Curley Culp and Dave Robinson, were also elected to the class of 2013.
Bettis finished his career with 13,662 rushing yards and 94 total touchdowns. He is currently sixth on the all-time rushing list. Bettis recorded eight 1,000-yard seasons during his career and never missed more than five games in any one season.
Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette is on the selection committee and reports via Twitter that Bettis candidacy was his strongest yet. Bouchette thinks 2014 might be the year for him. Bettis made the cut from 15 to 10 this year.
As previously reported, former Steelers defensive end/linebacker Kevin Greene was eliminated in the vote to 10.
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tm | No. | G | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Yds | Lng | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||||||
| 1993*+ | RAM | 36 | 16 | 12 | 294 | 1429 | 7 | 71 | 4.9 | 89.3 | 18.4 | 26 | 244 | 9.4 | 0 | 28 | 1.6 | 15.3 | 1673 | 7 | 4 |
| 1994* | RAM | 36 | 16 | 16 | 319 | 1025 | 3 | 19 | 3.2 | 64.1 | 19.9 | 31 | 293 | 9.5 | 1 | 34 | 1.9 | 18.3 | 1318 | 4 | 5 |
| 1995 | STL | 36 | 15 | 13 | 183 | 637 | 3 | 41 | 3.5 | 42.5 | 12.2 | 18 | 106 | 5.9 | 0 | 19 | 1.2 | 7.1 | 743 | 3 | 4 |
| 1996*+ | PIT | 36 | 16 | 12 | 320 | 1431 | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 89.4 | 20.0 | 22 | 122 | 5.5 | 0 | 16 | 1.4 | 7.6 | 1553 | 11 | 7 |
| 1997* | PIT | 36 | 15 | 15 | 375 | 1665 | 7 | 34 | 4.4 | 111.0 | 25.0 | 15 | 110 | 7.3 | 2 | 19 | 1.0 | 7.3 | 1775 | 9 | 6 |
| 1998 | PIT | 36 | 15 | 15 | 316 | 1185 | 3 | 42 | 3.8 | 79.0 | 21.1 | 16 | 90 | 5.6 | 0 | 26 | 1.1 | 6.0 | 1275 | 3 | 2 |
| 1999 | PIT | 36 | 16 | 16 | 299 | 1091 | 7 | 35 | 3.6 | 68.2 | 18.7 | 21 | 110 | 5.2 | 0 | 17 | 1.3 | 6.9 | 1201 | 7 | 2 |
| 2000 | PIT | 36 | 16 | 16 | 355 | 1341 | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 83.8 | 22.2 | 13 | 97 | 7.5 | 0 | 25 | 0.8 | 6.1 | 1438 | 8 | 1 |
| 2001* | PIT | 36 | 11 | 11 | 225 | 1072 | 4 | 48 | 4.8 | 97.5 | 20.5 | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 0 | 16 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 1120 | 4 | 3 |
| 2002 | PIT | 36 | 13 | 11 | 187 | 666 | 9 | 41 | 3.6 | 51.2 | 14.4 | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 0 | 15 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 723 | 9 | 1 |
| 2003 | PIT | 36 | 16 | 10 | 246 | 811 | 7 | 21 | 3.3 | 50.7 | 15.4 | 13 | 86 | 6.6 | 0 | 16 | 0.8 | 5.4 | 897 | 7 | 5 |
| 2004* | PIT | 36 | 15 | 6 | 250 | 941 | 13 | 29 | 3.8 | 62.7 | 16.7 | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 0 | 20 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 987 | 13 | 1 |
| 2005 | PIT | 36 | 12 | 0 | 110 | 368 | 9 | 39 | 3.3 | 30.7 | 9.2 | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | 16 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 408 | 9 | 0 |
| Career | 192 | 153 | 3479 | 13662 | 91 | 71 | 3.9 | 71.2 | 18.1 | 200 | 1449 | 7.2 | 3 | 34 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 15111 | 94 | 41 | ||
| 10 yrs | PIT | 145 | 112 | 2683 | 10571 | 78 | 50 | 3.9 | 72.9 | 18.5 | 125 | 806 | 6.4 | 2 | 26 | 0.9 | 5.6 | 11377 | 80 | 28 | |
| 3 yrs | RAM-STL | 47 | 41 | 796 | 3091 | 13 | 71 | 3.9 | 65.8 | 16.9 | 75 | 643 | 8.6 | 1 | 34 | 1.6 | 13.7 | 3734 | 14 | 13 | |
