As the premier safety of his time and arguably the best at his position to ever take the field, Ed Reed was regarded as a shoo-in to be a first-ballot selection to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Hall’s selection committee clearly shared this sentiment too.

Before naming the former Baltimore Raven as a member of the Hall’s 2019 class, the group discussed Reed’s candidacy for just two minutes, 20 seconds — the shortest for any modern-era finalist this season — at Saturday’s selection meeting.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame selection meeting has concluded. Longest discussions for the modern-era finalists were held on Ty Law (27:16), Tony Boselli (26:10), Kevin Mawae (24:52), Don Coryell (22:37) and Tom Flores (18:54). The shortest was Ed Reed (2:20). — Matt Maiocco (@MaioccoNBCS) February 2, 2019

In 12 seasons — all but one of them with the Ravens — Reed amassed 643 combined career tackles, 113 pass deflections, 64 interceptions and 14 total touchdowns. Over the course of his career, Reed made nine Pro Bowl appearances and was named a first-team All-Pro five times. He holds all-time NFL records for career interception-return yards (1,590) and most career multi-interception games, (12) and shares the mark for most playoff interceptions (nine).

Reed joins linebacker Ray Lewis and offensive tackle Jonathan Ogden as Baltimore draft picks in the Hall. He is the first safety in 33 years to be voted into the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility — Ken Houston (1986) was the last to do so — and the 10th pure safety to be enshrined.