GREEN BAY – Former Packers athletic trainer Pepper Burruss will be recognized this summer as a Pro Football Hall of Fame Award of Excellence recipient for 2025.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is officially adding four new members! Adam Rank breaks down the inductees in the Class of 2025, a group that includes one of the most prolific tight ends in history and an all-time great sack artist.

Norwig was inducted into the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers Hall of Fame in 2015, the highest honor someone in the profession can receive in the state. A graduate of Penn State, Norwig headed to Pittsburgh after working at Vanderbilt for seven years as their head trainer. He started his career as an intern with the San Francisco 49ers.

The five years needed from retirement to eligibility will pass for these all-time great NFL players, who range from an all-time wide receiver in Arizona Cardinals legend Larry Fitzgerald to Super Bowl-winning New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees. There are some possible first-time ballot Hall of Famers on this list on both sides of the ball.

Former Jets athletic trainer Pepper Burrus was selected Friday to be honored as part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's annual Awards of Excellence program.

The Pittsburgh Steelers will have a continued presence at the Pro Football Hall of Fame this summer. Former head athletic trainer John Norwig will be honored as a member of the “Awards of Excellence” fourth class,