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Clay Matthews (2009-2018) and DE Aaron Kampman (2002-2009) will be inducted
into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in August 2024 (WBAY)
By WBAY
news staff
Published: Nov.
13, 2023 at 10:01 AM EST | Updated: 3 hours ago
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Former linebacker Clay Matthews
and former defensive end Aaron Kampman are being inducted into the Green Bay
Packers Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame made the announcement
Monday morning. They’ll be formally enshrined at the 53rd Hall of Fame
Induction Banquet on Thursday, August 29.
Matthews was a first-round pick for
the Packers in the 2009 NFL Draft. He played for the Packers for 10 seasons,
2009-2018, and started 137 of the 143 games he played in. He left the NFL after
playing for the Los Angeles Rams for one season in 2019.
According to the team, Packers Hall of
Fame, he holds the team records for most sacks in a rookie season, with 10, and
most career sacks since 1982, with 83.5. His six Pro Bowl selections as a
Packer have him tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer Reggie White for
second-most in the franchise for a defensive player. He also holds the team
record for most sacks in post-season games since 1982, with 11 sacks, and ranks
him #6 in NFL playoff history, too.
Kampman also started his career with
the Packers and played for eight seasons in Green Bay. He was a 5th-round pick
in the 2002 NFL Draft and made 104 starts in 112 games.
In
2006, his breakout year, he made 15.5 sacks, ranking him #2 in the NFL that
season and #3 in Packers history. He also made 113 tackles that year, a record
for a Packers defensive lineman. His 37 sacks from 2006 to 2008 ranked him #3
in the NFL at that time, and he was a Pro Bowl selection in 2006 and 2007.
Kampman played two more seasons with
the Jacksonville Jaguars before finishing his NFL career.
The Hall of Fame Induction Banquet
will be held in the Lambeau Field Atrium starting with a cash bar at 4 p.m. and
the dinner and program at 5:30. Details for getting tickets will be released
soon, the Hall of Fame said.
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