Former Eagles cornerback Eric Allen​ was officially enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, alongside Jared Allen, Sterling Sharpe and Antonio Gates.

Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Eric Allen: "Football incentivizes what's special about football. The pursuit of excellence, in short, calls for everything you've got."

After years of coming up short, a bronze bust of the Eagles’ greatest cornerback in team history now sits in all its glory inside the Pro Football Hall of Fame. At long last. At long last, Eric Allen is in the Hall of Fame.