Eagles training camp at the NovaCare Complex had the look and feel of real football, as players locked in with just over a week to go until their preseason opener. And while the breeze may have brought relief from the heat,

Eric Allen is headed to Canton with a speech more than two decades in the making. The Eagles cornerback waited 24 years to be enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but he will be Saturday with a statement that’s been trimmed and rehearsed accordingly the last few weeks.

Allen's post-NFL career is represented with an Emmy Award with an inscription that reads "Allen began an award-winning career in sports media shortly after retiring from the NFL in 2001. He won this Emmy in 2022 and another in 2023 for his work with the Las Vegas Raiders and Silver and Black Productions."