DeMarcus Ware will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, when he’ll become the 16th player from an Alabama high school or college enshrined.

An alumnus of Auburn High School, Ware starred at Troy before he piled up the ninth-most sacks in league history and became a Super Bowl champion in the NFL.

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Ware almost certainly will not be the last player with Alabama football roots to enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

When might No. 17 be inducted? How about next year with the Class of 2024?

The closest players would seem to be outside linebacker Maxie Baughan (Bessemer) and offensive tackle Willie Anderson (Vigor, Auburn).

Anderson reached finalist status among the modern-era candidates for the Class of 2022 and the Class of 2023, but he didn’t get to take the final step into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Baughan already is under consideration for the 2024 ballot. He’s among the 12 players being weighed by the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Seniors Committee, which will place three of the 12 on the Class of 2024 ballot. Baughan reached this stage last year, too, without advancing.

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Profootballreference.com developed a metric called the Hall of Fame Monitor to try to put a number on each player’s chance of entering the Pro Football Hall of Fame using a variety of accolades and statistics.

By position, the players from Alabama high schools and colleges with the highest Hall of Fame Monitor score include:

Quarterback: Philip Rivers (Athens)

Rivers will become eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame with its Class of 2026. Rivers has a Hall of Fame Monitor number of 98.06. Thirteen quarterbacks have a higher number, and all of them are either in the Pro Football Hall of Fame or are not yet eligible for consideration.

Three quarterbacks with Alabama roots already are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame — Joe Namath (Alabama), Ken Stabler (Foley, Alabama) and Bart Starr (Sidney Lanier, Alabama) – and Rivers has a higher Hall of Fame Monitor number than any of those QBs (although his edge on Starr is only 0.13).

Running back: Shaun Alexander (Alabama)

The NFL’s leading rusher and Most Valuable Player in his record-setting 2005 season, Alexander’s Hall of Fame Monitor score of 62.38 is better than two running backs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame – Larry Csonka and Floyd Little – but there are eight running backs who aren’t in the Hall of Fame who have a higher number than Alexander.

No running back from an Alabama high school or college has been enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Wide receiver: Julio Jones (Foley, Alabama)

Jones has a Hall of Fame Monitor number of 107.77, the best of any player with Alabama roots who isn’t in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Jones owns the 12th-best number among wide receivers since 1955, when the metric charting begins. Nineteen wide receivers with lower monitor scores than Jones are already in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, including John Stallworth (Tuscaloosa, Alabama A&M).

Jones has not signed with a team for the 2023 season. If 2022 turns out to be his final campaign, he would become eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame with the Class of 2028.

Terrell Owens (Benjamin Russell) has the No. 5 monitor number among wide receivers at 140.53. The other Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver with Alabama football roots, Don Hutson (Alabama), does not have a score because he played his entire career before 1955.

Tight end: Rich Caster (Williamson)

Caster played his final game in 1982, so it seems doubtful he will reach the Pro Football Hall of Fame. While his Hall of Fame Monitor number of 49.81 ranks 19th among tight ends, it’s also lower than any enshrined tight end’s score.

Ozzie Newsome (Colbert County, Alabama) has the ninth-highest Hall of Fame Monitor number among tight ends. When he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1999, it was third-best.

Center: Forrest Blue (Auburn)

Blue played his final game in 1978, so it seems doubtful he will reach the Pro Football Hall of Fame. While his Hall of Fame Monitor number of 46.25 ranks 25th among centers, it’s also lower than any enshrined center’s score. When Blue retired his number was No. 5 on the center list.

Two centers with Alabama football roots are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Frank Gatski (Auburn) doesn’t have a score because nine of his 12 seasons came before 1955. Dwight Stephenson (Alabama) is No. 4 among centers with a Hall of Fame Monitor number of 107.58.

Guard: Woody Peoples (Ullman)

Peoples played his final game in 1980, so it seems doubtful he will reach the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Also his Hall of Fame Monitor number of 32.23 ranks 88th among guards and is lower than any enshrined guard’s score.

John Hannah (Albertville, Alabama) has a Hall of Fame Monitor score of 144.48, which ranks third among guards and was No. 1 when he entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1991.

Offensive tackle: Willie Anderson (Vigor, Auburn)

At 60.03, Anderson has a better Hall of Fame Monitor score than Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive tackles Jackie Slater and Winston Hill. But it also puts him behind 10 offensive tackles who aren’t in the Hall of Fame.

Walter Jones (Aliceville) is among the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s offensive tackles, and his Hall of Fame Monitor number of 94.75 ranks No. 12 at the position.

Defensive tackle: Bob Baumhower (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)

The former Miami Dolphins standout has a Hall of Fame Monitor score of 50, which is better than Joe Klecko, who’s being enshrined on Saturday. But Baumhower’s number is lower than every other defensive tackle in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as well as 21 who are not. Baumhower’s final NFL season came in 1986.

Buck Buchanan (Parker) is among the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s defensive tackles and has the 11th-highest Hall of Fame Monitor score among those players.

Inside linebacker: Lee Roy Jordan (Excel, Alabama)

Jordan retired after the 1976 season. Since the Pro Football Hall of Fame adopted its current selection process in 1970, Jordan is the only player with Alabama football roots who has been a finalist on the modern-era ballot (excepting currently eligible players) and is not enshrined. If Jordan gets in now, it will have to be via the Seniors Committee, which considers players who have been retired at least 25 years.

At 58.05, Jordan has the eighth-highest score of any inside linebacker who is not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Outside linebacker: Cornelius Bennett (Ensley, Alabama)

At 63.28, Bennett has a higher Hall of Fame Monitor number than Baughan and Robert Brazile (Vigor), who was enshrined in 2018. Brazile waited 28 years between becoming eligible and getting the call from the Hall, and Bennett will have two more chances on the modern-era ballot before becoming the responsibility of the Seniors Committee.

The other three outside linebackers with Alabama roots who are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame rank in the top 10 at the position, as gauged by the Hall of Fame Monitor, with Derrick Thomas (Alabama) at No. 7, Kevin Greene (Auburn) at No. 9 and Ware at No. 10.

Defensive back: Hanford Dixon (Theodore)

Dixon played his final game in 1989, so it seems doubtful he will reach the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Also his Hall of Fame Monitor number of 42.23 ranks 95th among defensive backs and is lower than any enshrined defensive back’s score.

Kicker: Al Del Greco (Auburn)

Only two kickers are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame – Morten Andersen and Jan Stenerud. Del Greco’s Hall of Fame Monitor score of 19.88 ranks 35th among kickers.

Punter: Jerrel Wilson (Murphy)

Only one punter is enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame – Ray Guy. Wilson’s Hall of Fame Monitor score of 22.73 ranks ninth among punters.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.