Top notch! that would be the correct person. HOF makes it the choice but his career on those great defenses of the 70's and 80's is Buc history 101.

To many new fans who only can see the pewter years and can't see beyond this decade.

I wonder how many "fans" will be surprised on throwback day and will say...what are those uniforms??? :)

Who else?

From 79, Ricky Bell, Jimmy Giles, Batman Wood - always one of my favorites, John McKay?

Later years, James Wilder, Mark Carrier, Paul Gruber?

I guess Steve DeBerg won't be making it...too bad.

A player each year is fine, unless they plan on putting a couple of players in this year it could take years for D.Williams or Alstott to get in.

The is no other choice.

Now this guy is A "Beast" as some on here would say about Gaines Adams!

I have to agree with legion. The first unveiling you should reach back and put the greatest from the beginning years. I could see possibly five names, including John McKay Sr as the coach that he was. Can you imagine their presence, either personally or by surviving family, on the day that is unveiled? Wow.

After that, I would agree with Charge, that the entry should be sacred and there should be a defined criteria or selection system that you must surpass to see your name up there.

But, bar none, the great LeRoy Selmon should be the first to appear!

...and well it should be him....

Go Bucs

Wayyy before my time, but dude's a legend. Can't argue.

So who's next? How do you choose between Sapp, DB, Ronde, Lynch, Alstott...

I'd throw Williams in there too, but I never saw him play either.

There is no other choice for the first honoree. This humble man from Eufaula, Oklahoma has been a Tampa Bay treasure for over thirty years. So gracious and polite to anyone fortunate enough to meet him, yet so dominant on the football field. I often wondered how terrorizing Lee Roy would have been if he had a mean streak.

I did a few days work for Lee Roy at his home in the summer of 1985. He was kind enough to have his picture taken with me in front of his mantle. I asked him if he was anxious to start the next season under "Lemon" Bennett . Lee Roy revealed to me that his playing "was in jeopardy" because he had injured his back in the 1984 Pro-Bowl. At the time this was not public knowledge. He needed back surgery but was hesitant because he had a previously bad experience with anesthesia. He never played again.

The unexpected loss of Lee Roy, in part, sent the team into a tail spin from which it didn't recover for over a decade.

For those of you who didn't get to see him play; Lee Roy played right defensive end in a then scoffed at 3-4 defense at 248 pounds (listed at 260). He was similar to Simeon Rice in style and to Warren Sapp with making a play at the right time but a lot better and a whole lot less ego than the aforementioned pair.

Thanks to Lee Roy for giving us a lot to cheer for in those late 70's and early 80's.

What a player.....what a human being. Leroy Selmon has given much more than he's taken in life. The footprint he has left is a legacy that his entire family can be proud of. He was the obvious choice as the first member of the ring of honor. It has been an honor for him to choose Tampa as his home.

Great choice and really the only one due this honor from the 70's and early 80's.Rickey Bell was a bust we could of had Dorsett same year.1979 Bell had great year the rest was garbage.Selmon is a no brainer and a class citizen.Go Bucs and #63.

nickerson56: You should be ashamed to use the moniker of the player that ignited the Bucs climb out of the NFL's cellar with a comment like that.

I'm not going to dispute the fabulous career of Tony Dorsett; but if that little 180 pounder had come to this second year expansion team instead of the star-laden Cowboys Superbowl Champion team, surely you realize the possibility that both of their careers might have been little different.

In 1979, Ricky ran over and around the opposition for over 1200 yards. It appeared that the rest of the team had developed enough to showcase Ricky's talents.

But after that season, Ricky was not the same player because he could not seem to get over the even the normal bumps and bruises. At the time, no one knew he suffered from a rare muscle disorder that eventually took his life at the age of 29.

I don't call that a "bust". I call that a shame.

WOW! Ricky Bell a bust? Currently #6 in rushing yards in Buc history and only played 5 seasons. More of a "what might have been." James Wilder # 1 rusher on the list should get serious consideration. In 1984 and 85 he was the Bucs O.

Easy on garbage Rickey Bell. One good year but overall a bust.We have never had a great rb.Plenty of one to two year running backs:Reggie Cobb,Caddy,Rhett,Wilder 2 great yrs,but Bell 1979 that is it! The other four yrs were garbage, admit it he underperformed and didn't get sick untill traded to San Diego sad story but he is a bust,go watch Hallmark channel!! Go Bucs.Bell or Dorsett?hmmm Bell 77 or Campbell in 78,no question.Face it we have never had a great back rb or QB.Don't give me Doug and his 47% completion.Go Bucs.Face reality.

For the record, it was later learned that Bell actually began showing symptoms of the disease while still at USC. Due to the illness, his play rapidly declined after the 1979 season but at the time no one knew why so he was traded to the Chargers. He was already sick. Check the record.

You can call that bust, but that's not my definition. You want a bust, we've had plenty including some of the stupid trades. You mentioned one, the trade of the 1978 overall # 1 which turned out to be Earl Campbell. The Bucs obtained the 17th choice to select Doug Williams and four other draft choices no one ever heard of and the Oliers through in an unknown tight end named Jimmy Giles. Those four draft picks.......... one of whom was a guard named Bret Moritz who never even started in college, now those were busts.