Former Green Bay Packers receiver Sterling Sharpe will join his younger brother Shannon Sharpe in the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday.

A new – and free - daily fan fest joins concerts, a parade, dinner, the Hall of Fame Game, enshrinement ceremonies and more from Thursday, July 31, to Sunday, Aug. 3, in Canton.

NFL scouts worried about the hell-raising. Among the 13 defensive ends drafted before him in 2004 were Ohio State’s Will Smith (No. 18 overall), Hawaii’s Travis LaBoy (No. 42), Ohio State’s Darrion Scott (No. 88) and Georgia’s Robert Geathers (No. 117). Allen (No. 126) soon got to the head of the class.

Among all of the impressive accomplishments that helped Eric Allen make it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the fact that he maintained his elite level of play so he never had to move from cornerback in his 14 seasons stands out.

• A new, free Fan Fest will be held daily on the Hall of Fame campus, featuring different themes, live music, food trucks and interactive zones. • The traditional Hall of Fame Walk, where returning Hall of Famers gather, is moving to the museum campus on Friday, Aug. 1, for a more intimate fan experience.

Per Mathieu's Pro Football Reference's Hall of Fame Monitor score (65.2), he has a below-average case for enshrinement, with the average Hall of Fame defensive back scoring a 96.93. But players have received a gold jacket with worse scores in the PFR metric, including John Lynch, Eric Allen and Dick LeBeau.

Antonio Gates thought his path to a Hall of Fame career would have been in basketball. Instead, he became one of the best tight ends in NFL history. Gates will be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, getting elected to Canton without playing college football.