Tampa, Fla. - Tampa Bay Buccaneers co-owner Bryan Glazer said Monday that defensive Simeon Rice has accumulated 122 sacks in 12 seasons and helped Bucs win the Super Bowl xxxvii win, winning the "overdue" in the Super Bowl, called on in the reputation of the Pro Football Hall, to make that more victorious.

The induction ceremony will be held on November 30 when the Bucs hosted the Arizona Cardinals, which Rice spent with the first five seasons of his career – a figure that Glazer pointed out.

"From 1996 to 2005, (Rice) was the league's best 101.5 sacks in all of those eight years - more than Hall of Fame members Michael Strahan and Jason Taylor," Glazer said. "In the same stretch, he scored eight seasons in double-digit sacks, the seventh highest in NFL history, while the six men leading the way were members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

"Simeon has no doubt received a certificate of our ring of honors, but he is equally qualified and deserves a call from the overdue call from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It's worth noting that he is the only retired player to have more than eight consecutive eight seasons, without a single jacket without a gold color. It's time to correct that supervision."

Rice, 51, is one of the 50 semi-finalists in the 2025 Professional Football Hall of Fame class, but not the finalist. After retiring in 2007, he ranked ninth in the career sack. He is now No. 21. The non-celebrity non-staff in front of him is guard Terrell Suggs, who was named a finalist in his first year of qualifying in 2025, John Abraham, John Abraham, 133.5, Leslie O'Neal, Leslie O'Neal, 132.5, Von Miller, Von Miller (still active at 129.5 and Robert Mathis 123.0.

Rice said at one time he felt he “absolutely” needed recognition from the Hall of Fame, but things changed.

"I don't have to bear it anymore," he said.

He collapsed while talking about his parents, Henry and Evelyn, who died in 2015 and 2016, and did not see him gaining the recognition he is now receiving. Until his fourth year of qualifying for the Hall of Fame, he was even on the list of candidates born in September each year.

“At some point when my dad went through what he was going through, I thought, ‘I want to answer the phone in front of my dad and mom – but more of my pop music.” ...I remember my mom and dad were in their dead bed, and I remember my dad was like, “sim, this is going to happen.” I thought, “Dad, don’t worry.”

"Then, once my parents passed away, that's not that much anymore," Rice said.

Rice said the Honor Ring nodded “helped me to reconcile a lot of things in my soul”.

The Bucs organization lags its support behind rice. The team sees the name of its ring of honors as an important step towards Guangzhou’s push, as John Lynch and Ronde Barber, both of whom are regarded as. Another professional football Hall of Fame member of the team - Lee Roy Selmon, Warren Sapp, Derrick Brooks and coach Tony Dungy - before being respected by the team.

"It's a cool thing to represent in the ring of honor," Rice said. "It's cool. There are certain rights. These are artificial things. So these are not real things. We live real lives. That's the moment. I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean the philosophy of having an emotional connection with parents. That's it. You know what I mean?

"I know I'm the worst mother in the world. Sorry. I know. I already know. ... I know what it feels like to get 4.0 sacks in the game. I know what it feels like to get 6.0 sacks in the game. I finished taking over the guys in the jacket. I did it literally.'"

After winning 12.5 seasons in the draft in the 1996 NFL Draft, he won the defensive rookie of the year in 1996. After his career-best 16.5 sack in 1999, he was named a professional bowler and second team AP All Pro.

Rice signed with Bucs in 2001 and made 11, 15.5, 15, 12 and 14 sacks in Tampa from 2001 to 2005. He was named the 2002 All-Pro team in 2002 and was appointed All-Pro in 2003 when he led six forced turnovers along with Lavarrington and Leonard Little.

Glazer said Rice played a key role in “taking our defense to new heights” and he was “the missing piece that freed up our champions.”

Rice had 15.5 sacks in the Bucs’ Super Bowl season, 3 forced fumbles and four sacks in the playoffs, including two Rich Gannon, who played against the Raiders in the Super Bowl. Rice received Pro Bowl honors in 1999, 2002 and 2003, and left the organization in 2007 after a shoulder injury. His 69.5 sacks at Tampa Bay are third in team history, behind Selmon and Sapp.

"It's not like being accepted and respected at home," Rice said. "I've played in a lot of places, and after I left Denver (2007), I played some games, and I played with (Donny of Indianapolis) - that was the last game, and I got hurt. I played with the Cardinal. But, I didn't have a team like this that honored to win a level.