Class of 2012 to be unveiled Saturday

NFL Network, in a special ceremony the day before Super Bowl XLVI, will announce the 2012 Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinees. The announcement will be made live on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 5:30 PM ET on Road to Canton: Pro Football Hall of Fame: Class of 2012 presented by Allstate.

Rendering of the NFL Network set for Saturday.

Fran Charles will be joined by Hall of Fame quarterbacks Dan Fouts and Warren Moon for the live broadcast from inside the Super Bowl Media Center in Indianapolis. Charles, Fouts and Moon will be joined by the new enshrinees and current Hall of Fame members for interviews. In addition, the show will cover the process that determines who is inducted and the toughest decisions that were made this year. Portions of the announcement ceremony will also be available live on NFL.com. Detailed information on each of the newest enshrinees will be available on Profootballhof.com shortly after the class is revealed on Saturday.

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The new class will be chosen from a list of finalists that was announced in early January. The 17 finalists under consideration are Jerome Bettis, Tim Brown, Jack Butler, Cris Carter, Dermontti Dawson, Edward DeBartolo, Jr., Chris Doleman, Kevin Greene, Charles Haley, Cortez Kennedy, Curtis Martin, Bill Parcells, Andre Reed, Willie Roaf, Will Shields, Dick Stanfel, and Aeneas Williams.

Allstate is in its first year as the presenting sponsor of The Road to Canton: Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement show. As part of its three-year partnership with the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Allstate is also honoring Hall of Famers with its Hometown Hall of Famers™ program, a national initiative that honors the hometown roots of pro football's greatest players with special ceremonies and plaque dedication events in local communities.

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