Preliminary Nominee List for the Class of 2003
# - First year of eligibility; * On 15 finalists list in 2002; **Automatically on 15 finalists list for 2003
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| Wide Receivers |
 Cliff Branch - Warton County (TX) Junior College; Colorado - 1972-1985 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders Isaac Curtis - California, San Diego State - 1973-1984 Cincinnati Bengals *James Lofton - Stanford - 1978-1986 Green Bay Packers, 1987-1988 Los Angeles Raiders, 1989-1992 Buffalo Bills, 1993 Los Angeles Rams, 1993 Philadelphia Eagles*Art Monk - Syracuse - 1980-1993 Washington Redskins, 1994 New York Jets, 1995 Philadelphia Eagles Drew Pearson - Tulsa - 1973-1983 Dallas Cowboys Sterling Sharpe - South Carolina - 1988-1994 Green Bay Packers#Steve Tasker (also Special teams player) - Dodge City CC (KS), Northwestern - 1985-1986 Houston Oilers, 1986-1997 Buffalo Bills Wesley Walker - California - 1977-1989 New York Jets |
| Tight Ends |
| Raymond Chester - Morgan State - 1970-1972, 1978-1981 Oakland Raiders, 1973-1977 Baltimore Colts Todd Christensen - Brigham Young - 1979 New York Giants, 1979-1988 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders #Brent Jones - Santa Clara - 1987-1997 San Francisco 49ers |
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| Defensive Linemen |
Elvin Bethea (DE) - North Carolina A&T - 1968-1983 Houston Oilers Dave Butz (DT) - Purdue - 1973-1974 St. Louis Cardinals, 1975-1988 Washington Redskins Ray Childress (DE/DT) - Texas A&M - 1985-1995 Houston Oilers, 1996 Dallas Cowboys Fred Dean (DE) - Louisiana Tech - 1975-1981 San Diego Chargers, 1981-1985 San Francisco 49ers #Richard Dent (DE) - Tennessee State - 1983-1993, 1995 Chicago Bears, 1994 San Francisco 49ers, 1996 Indianapolis Colts, 1997 Philadelphia Eagles *L.C. Greenwood (DE) - Arkansas AM&N - 1969-1981 Pittsburgh Steelers Claude Humphrey (DE) - Tennessee State - 1968-1974, 1976-1978 Atlanta Falcons, 1979-1981 Philadelphia Eagles Ed "Too Tall" Jones (DE) - Tennessee State - 1974-1978, 1980-1989 Dallas Cowboys Sean Jones (DE) - Northeastern - 1984-1987 Los Angeles Raiders, 1988-1993 Houston Oilers, 1994-1996 Green Bay Packers Joe Klecko (DT/DE/NT) - Temple - 1977-1987 New York Jets, 1988 Indianapolis Colts Harvey Martin (DE) - East Texas State - 1973-1983 Dallas Cowboys |
| Linebackers |
| *Harry Carson - South Carolina State - 1976-1988 New York Giants Randy Gradishar - Ohio State - 1974-1983 Denver Broncos Wilber Marshall - Florida - 1984-1987 Chicago Bears, 1988-1992 Washington Redskins, 1993 Houston Oilers 1994 Arizona Cardinals, 1995 New York Jets Clay Matthews - Southern California - 1978-1993 Cleveland Browns, 1994-1996 Atlanta Falcons Karl Mecklenburg - Augustana (SD); Minnesota - 1983-1994 Denver Broncos Matt Millen - Penn State - 1980-1988 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, 1989-1990 San Francisco 49ers, 1991 Washington Redskins#Sam Mills - Montclair State - 1986-1994 New Orleans Saints, 1995-1997 Carolina Panthers Jerry Robinson - UCLA - 1979-1984 Philadelphia Eagles, 1985-1991 Los Angeles Raiders Al Smith - Cal Poly-Pomona; Utah State - 1987-1996 Houston Oilers |
| Defensive Backs |
 *Lester Hayes (CB) - Texas A&M - 1977-1986 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders Ken Riley (CB) - Florida A&M - 1969-1983 Cincinnati Bengals*Donnie Shell (S) - South Carolina State - 1974-1987 Pittsburgh Steelers Jack Tatum (S) - Ohio State - 1971-1979 Oakland Raiders, 1980 Houston Oilers Roger Wehrli (CB) - Missouri - 1969-1982 St. Louis Cardinals |
| Punter |
| *Ray Guy - Southern Mississippi - 1973-1986 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders |
| Coaches |
| Don Coryell - Washington - 1973-1977 St. Louis Cardinals, 1978-1986 San Diego Chargers Tom Flores - Fresno City Junior College, University of Pacific - 1979-1987 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, 1992-1994 Seattle Seahawks Jimmy Johnson - Arkansas - 1989-1993 Dallas Cowboys, 1996-1999 Miami Dolphins Chuck Knox - Juniata College (PA) - 1973-1977, 1992-1994 Los Angeles Rams, 1978-1982 Buffalo Bills, 1983-1991 Seattle Seahawks **Bill Parcells - Colgate, Wichita State - 1983-1990 New York Giants, 1993-1996 New England Patriots, 1997-1999 New York Jets |
| Contributors |
| Ed DeBartolo, Jr. - Notre Dame - 1979-1997 San Francisco 49ers Ben Dreith - Colorado State - 1960-1990 National Football League*Art Modell - 1961-1995 Cleveland Browns, 1996-Present Baltimore Ravens Art Rooney, Jr. - St. Vincent College - 1961-Present Pittsburgh Steelers Paul Tagliabue - Georgetown, New York University - 1989-present National Football League Ralph Wilson, Jr. - Virginia, Michigan - 1959-Present Buffalo Bills Ron Wolf - Georgetown, New York University - 1991-2001 Green Bay Packers George Young - Bucknell University - 1979-1997 New York Giants |
