The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame announced two defensive stalwarts as its newest inductees on Monday.
Clay Matthews and Aaron Kampman will be inducted at the 53rd Hall of Fame Induction Banquet, slated to take place on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in the Lambeau Field Atrium.
Matthews was drafted out of USC in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He made an immediate impact, making key plays, including a forced fumble in Super Bowl XLV. According to the Packers, he ranks No. 1 on the Packers' all-time list (since 1982) with 83.5 career sacks, including ten sacks in 2009, which tops the franchise record books for the most sacks in a rookie campaign. He earned six Pro Bowl selections during his Packers career, tied with Reggie White for the second-most selections by a defensive player in team history.
Kampman was drafted out of Iowa in the fifth round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He collected 54 sacks during his Packers career, which ranks fifth all-time. He had his breakout season in 2006 when he ranked No. 2 in the NFL with 15.5 sacks, the third-highest single-season total in team history. That year, he also posted 113 tackles, a franchise record for a Packers defensive lineman.
