Cowboys' Parsons eyes being 'one of the greatest Hall of Famers' - ESPN

OXNARD, Calif. — Micah Parsons is only 24 years old and entering just his third year with the Dallas Cowboys, but he is already thinking of one day ending up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

«When you talk about great careers, [when] you talk about the Hall of Fame, like I don't think I just want to make the Hall of Fame. I just want to be known as one of the greatest Hall of Famers,» Parsons said. «There's categories to everything. There's good. There's great and there's like, perfect.… When you talk about me, I don't want to just be mentioned in the Hall of Fame. Yeah, that's a great accolade, but I want to be one of the greatest in the Hall of Fame.»

Parsons has been named All-Pro, a Pro Bowler and runner-up for the Defensive Player of the Year Award in each of his first two seasons as a linebacker in Dallas.

To him, players such as Lawrence Taylor, Jerry Rice, Deion Sanders and Michael Strahan are the elite of the elite when it comes to the Hall of Fame.

«They really just set the tone on what it meant to be, like, great, and how to separate themselves from others,» Parsons said. «And they all had their little swag, and when you talk about who had the records, Strahan still has the record for most sacks in a year. Then 'Prime Time,' anytime the ball was in the air, it was his. So everyone's got something about them, and when you talk about the greatest, you think about those guys and how dominant and how a force they were. And Aaron Donald is going to have the same thing.»

The Cowboys had two players enter the Hall of Fame on Saturday in DeMarcus Ware, the franchise's all-time leader in sacks, and Chuck Howley, the only player to win Most Valuable Player in a Super Bowl on a losing team.

Ware has mentored Parsons