The problem with running a Hall of Fame-related website is that many of the big ones we cover all have announcements within months of each other.  The backbone of what we do is list-related, resulting in a long push to revise what we already have, specifically now with our Football and Basketball Lists.

At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the next twenty-five of the 2024 Football List, which you can comment on and vote on:

The new 276 to 300:

276. Keith Millard
277. Derrick Johnson
278. Stanley Morgan
279. Leon Gray
280. David Akers
281. Buster Ramsey
282. Beattie Feathers
283. Russ Francis
284. Carson Palmer
285. Keith Brooking
286. Dennis Smith
287. Frank Cope
288. Charles Mann
289. Ed “Too Tall” Jones
290. Rich Gannon
291. Seth Joyner
292. E.J. Holub
293. Mel Gray
294. Bart Oates
295. Fred Arbanas
296. Michael Vick
297. Bill Stanfill
298. George Svendsen
299. Hanford Dixon
300. Mike Quick 

*Denotes First Year of Eligibility.

Rankings are impacted annually based on your comments and votes.

Thank you all for your patience. We will soon unveil more changes to the football and basketball lists.

In 2002, Carson Palmer was the best Quarterback in College Football, winning multiple awards and going number one overall in the Draft.  Fast forward a decade later, and Palmer was on his third team (Arizona), and despite the two Pro Bowls, was considered a minor disappointment based on the initial hype.  It was with the Cardinals that he eventually had the best season of his life.

Palmer threw for 4,274 Yards in 2013, finishing eighth in that stat, and became the first QB to throw for 4,000 Yards in a year for three different teams.  A torn ACL took him out of half of 2014, but his 2015 was electric.  Palmer was second in MVP voting to Carolina's Cam Newton and had career-highs in Passing Yards (4,671) and Touchdown Passes (35) while topping the league in Yards per Attempt (8.7), Yards per Completion (13.7) and QBR (76.4).

Palmer had another excellent year in 2016 (4,233 Passing Yards & 26 TDs) but a broken arm in Week 7 of 2017 ended his campaign, and eventually his career, as he retired in the off-season.  With Arizona, Palmer had 16,782 Yards and 105 Touchdowns, and entered their Ring of Honor in 2019.

Carson Palmer was the First Overall Draft Pick in 2003, and the USC Trojan had an up-and-down career for the Cincinnati Bengals.

Carson Palmer was the 2002 Heisman Trophy winner and the USC Quarterback was considered a can’t miss prospect in the NFL.  Palmer would be drafted first overall by the Cincinnati Bengals and the organization would take their time with the pivot as they did not play him in his rookie season choosing to start him in 2004 and in 2005 he was a Pro Bowl Selection who was second in the NFL in Completions, fourth in Passing Yards and he led all Quarterbacks in Touchdown Passes while taking the Bengals to the playoffs, though he would suffer a severe injury in the playoffs.

With the end of the NFL regular season only two days old we have our first significant retirement.

Carson Palmer, Quarterback of the Arizona Cardinals announced in an open letter that ‘it’s time” and he retired from the league.

Palmer was a stud QB at USC where he won the Heisman Trophy and was the number one Draft Pick of 2003 by the Cincinnati Bengals. Palmer did not play a snap that year as he was groomed to slowly to takeover in 2004 and in 2005 he arguably had his best season in the National Football League where he made his first Pro Bowl and led the league in Touchdown Passes and Completion Percentage. Palmer would again be named a Pro Bowl Selection in 2006. The former Trojan’s stats would regress a bit and by 2010 out of frustration he retired rather than continue with Cincinnati. He would come out of retirement following a trade to the Oakland Raiders.

Palmer was with Oakland for two seasons but a trade to the Arizona Cardinals brought a renaissance of sorts for the Quarterback. In 2015, he would make his third Pro Bowl while leading the NFL in Yards/Attempt, Yards/Completion and QBR.

Carson Palmer retires with 3,961 Completions with 46,247 Passing Yards; numbers that are good enough for 11th and 12th all-time. He is also 12th all-time in Touchdown Passes with 294.

These are good numbers but with the high numbers that Quarterbacks are able to accrue these days, his rankings will plummet quickly. Realistically, he was considered an elite QB for maybe two seasons (three perhaps) and above average for most of his career. This is not likely to put Palmer in Canton but this was a good career that will likely put him on our Notinhalloffame.com Football list when he is eligible in 2023.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to thank Carson Palmer for his gridiron memories and we wish him the best in his post-playing career.