JEREMY KARP 01/31/2026

When it comes to underrated wide receivers, it doesn’t get more underrated and overlooked than Torry Holt.

Holt was selected by the St. Louis Rams with the 6th overall in the 1999 NFL Draft. He played 11 seasons with the Rams and was a part of the ‘Greatest Show on Turf’ championship team that won Super XXXIV in 2000.

He registered 920 career receptions for 13,382 yards and 74 touchdowns in 11 NFL seasons, 10 of which he played with the Rams. That decade with the Rams included eight-straight seasons of 80 or more catches and 1,000 or more receiving yards, highlighted an Associated Press First Team All-Pro 2023 season that featured a career-high 117 catches for 1,696 yards and 12 touchdowns.

Additionally, he posted an NFL-record 1,300 or more receiving yards across six-straight seasons from 2000-2005.

It’s a feat still yet to be matched.

He is currently tied for the longest wait among current finalists (7 years tied with Reggie Wayne). He is also one of three modern-era wide receiver finalists for the Class of 2026, alongside Larry Fitzgerald and Reggie Wayne.

Holt is looking to become the sixth member of the ‘Greatest Show on Turf’ to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, joining teammates Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk, Isaac Bruce, Orlando Pace, and Aeneas Williams. Bruce was the most recent member inducted in the league’s Hall of Fame in 2020.

In addition, coach Dick Vermeil also was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2022.

One can not tell the history of the NFL without mentioning The Greatest Show on Turf. On top of that, The Greatest Show on Turf does not exist without Torry Holt.

So what’s holding Holt back from being inducted?

Holt is the only pass catcher of the NFL’s 2000’s All-Decade team to not make the Hall of Fame. Pass catchers on that list include Harrison, Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, Tony Gonzalez and Antonio Gates, all of whom are Hall of famers.