T.O. may enter Hall of Fame with his 1000 catches

As the Buffalo Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens became the sixth player to reach 1,000 catches in last Sunday’s 31-3 loss to the Atlanta Falcons, he achieved a significant milestone in his 14th year of wearing NFL jersey as a professional football player and may also earn the honor to become a Hall of Famer.

“He’s done some of the things that hall of famers have done,” Hall of fame defensive back Ronnie Lott said, referring to Owens’ statistics, consistency and ability to perform in the clutch. Lott particularly noted T.O.’s 122 yards receiving while coming off ankle surgery in Philadelphia’s loss to New England in the 2005 Super Bowl. “He’s made those kinds of sacrifices, and he’s done that over a body of work,” Lott said. “And when you do something like that for that long, you’ve got to believe that his game and his play on the field has been spectacular.”

Owens also has had impressive performance in numerous other categories. He sits fourth with 14,886 yards receiving, 49 shy of passing Tim Brown. He’s third with 143 touchdowns receiving and fifth with 146 total scores. If he plays two more seasons as he intends to do, it’s likely that he could end up competing with New England Patriots’ Randy Moss to finish second behind Jerry Rice in yards receiving and catches.