Pat McAfee, who recently put his WWE SmackDown commentary duties on hold having recently signed a deal with ESPN’s College GameDay, has been named as one of 129 names listed as a Modern-Era Nominee for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2023.

Speaking about the nomination on today’s episode of The Pat McAfee Show, Pat had the following to say, “I did not deserve that, I did not play long enough to deserve that, woah man, how does that even happen. Don’t vote for me, vote for Shane Lechler, this is one of those things, vote for Shane Lechler. This is wild to be on this f***ing graphic, man that’s wild, let’s go, holy f***. Don’t vote me in, but this is cool to even be acknowledged, did not play long enough, did not have a big enough contribution to the game, but I am to cover the game every single day since then. If any of these people go in that are representing special teams, I will be f***ing pumped about this, this is something I could have never expected. I hope Shane goes in, I hope all the boys go in, what a joke dude, what an absolute joke. This is like an interesting thing now, because I’ve judged this type of situation in others in the past, I go did he actually, or is it because he’s a popular person in the thing. Whatever the case, it’s cool to be on this side of it all, it is f***ing awesome and insane, I don’t fully know how to take it all. Thank you to whoever put that graphic together and that list together, I obviously do not believe I deserve it, but somebody did and put me on there, thank you, I appreciate it, that’s f***ing cool, that’s awesome, probably won’t happen, shouldn’t happen, but the fact that the conversation even took place, I appreciate it.”