Ed Reed, the ball-hawking safety whose game-changing ability was central to the Baltimore Ravens' defensive dominance for more than a decade, has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot.
Reed's enshrinement was announced Feb. 2, the eve of Super Bowl LIII, and gives the Ravens their third homegrown Hall of Famer and their second in two years. Ray Lewis was inducted last year, and Jonathan Ogden was inducted in 2013.
Reed is joined in the Class of 2019 by former players Champ Bailey, Tony Gonzalez, Ty Law, Kevin Mawae and Johnny Robinson, Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen and former executive Gil Brandt.
