Cincinnati Bengals legend Ken Riley was officially inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday which was announced by his widow, Barbara Riley, and his son, Ken Riley II.
At the ceremony was former Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis, his first appearance since he last coached in 2018, according to Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com.
Lewis will also be at Chad Johnson’s Ring of Honor induction this season, but Mike Brown invited him to Riley’s induction since it was the first Bengals player to make it into the Pro Football Hall of Fame since Anthony Munoz in 1998.
Here’s some of what Lewis had to say about being at the ceremony:
“Mike kind of brought it up. Someone should reach out and see if I wanted to come and be a part of the Bengals contingent. I appreciate that. That was really nice,” said Lewis, who, like Brown, considers himself a Bengal all the way. “Always. I was in Italy a few weeks ago and someone says, ‘Who-Dey.’ I was in the Atlanta airport yesterday and a guy said, ‘Coach, want my hat?’ It had a Bengals logo on the side.”
Even though Lewis has moved on from the Bengals and is now with Arizona State, he still will always have a connection to the city of Cincinnati.
