2024 Hall of Fame Game, ceremony: How to watch, inductees and more - ESPN

The Chicago Bears and Houston Texans will face off in the 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, Aug. 1, and it will be televised on ESPN, ABC, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes.

The game kicks off Enshrinement Week in Canton, Ohio, where seven players will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Read about each Hall of Fame inductee below.

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Indianapolis Colts, 2002-12; San Diego Chargers, 2013-14; Arizona Cardinals, 2015; Atlanta Falcons, 2016; Detroit Lions, 2017; Seattle Seahawks, 2017

Though some initially questioned whether Freeney was too short (6-foot-1) to play defensive end, he was a seven-time Pro Bowl selection as well as a three-time first-team All Pro during his 11 years with the Colts. Freeney was the No. 11 pick of the 2002 draft and made an immediate impact for the Colts (13 sacks as a rookie and a second-place finish in Defensive Rookie of the Year voting) on the way to being one of the most consistent, impactful pass rushers of the Super Bowl era.

Freeney, an all-decade selection for the 2000s, finished 18th in career sacks (it officially became a statistic in 1982) with 125.5. His spin move was routinely cited by opposing linemen as one of the most difficult pass-rush moves to deal with against any player. He had 47 forced fumbles, including a staggering league-leading nine as a rookie. Freeney had seven seasons with at least 10 sacks, and he forced at least four fumbles in eight seasons.

Read more: Ex-Colts pass-rusher Freeney put opponents in the spin cycle on his way to Canton

Denver Broncos, 1974-83

Gradishar is the first player from the fabled Orange Crush defense who will have a bust in Canton. In an era featuring