A finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame for the fourth straight time, Cincinnati Bengals legend Willie Anderson was again denied at the gates. The news was revealed at the NFL Honors on Thursday night.

The former Vigor High School and Auburn standout has been a finalist for enshrinement for four consecutive years.

F our years has former Cincinnati Bengals right tackle Willie Anderson been a finalist for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and four years he's been denied a gold jac

CINCINNATI — Former All-Pro lineman Willie Anderson seemingly has to keep waiting for his enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He foreshadowed the news that he did not get past the finalist group for a fourth straight year.