Redskins RB Clinton Portis: Future Hall of Famer?

USA TODAY debuted a new feature this week called "Future Hall of Famer?"

Many players carry this (probably) accurate title, Brett Favre, Tony Gonzalez, Ray Lewis and LaDainian Tomlinson among them.

But we're wondering about players in that grayer area, those who have a decent shot at reaching Canton but who are by no means mortal locks.
Redskins RB Clinton Portis is 813 yards away from supplanting John Riggins as Washington's all-time leading rusher. He's 241 yards from reaching the 10,000-yard plateau for his career, a level only 24 NFL runners have reached; of the 14 members of that group eligible for the Hall of Fame, 11 have already been enshrined, and Jerome Bettis, Marshall Faulk and Curtis Martin will all be on the ballot for the first time later this year.

However Portis has only been elected to two Pro Bowls in his first eight seasons and has never ranked higher than the league's fourth-leading rusher, though he has eclipsed 1,200 yards six times. He's also displayed a propensity to stick his quick feet in his mouth, not that it should really impact his Hall-of-Fame candidacy.

Will he eventually get a bust, or will his shot at immortality ultimately go bust?

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(usatoday.com)