A finalist earlier this year for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, former Patriots placekicker Adam Vinatieri is one of three finalists for the Patriots Hall of Fame. (AP photo)

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Adam Vinatieri? Logan Mankins? Or Julian Edelman?

Fans will have the opportunity to decide which former player will join former coach Bill Parcells as this year’s inductees into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame.

Edelman, Mankins and Vinatieri were the finalists as decided upon by a 22-person panel of media, staff, and alumni. Each year one former player is inducted; Mankins was a finalist in 2022 and 2023 while last year Tom Brady was inducted, without obviously any vote, etc.

Starting now,fans are able to vote for the Patriots finalist, they feel, is most deserving of Patriots Hall of Fame induction. Fans can vote on the Patriots website https://www.patriots.com/hof through midnight EDT on Wednesday, April 30. The team will announce the fans’ selection later that week.

This year’s inductee will join Bill Parcells, who was named as a contributor to the Patriots Hall of Fame by Patriots Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft during a media session on April 1 at the annual league meetings in Palm Beach, Fla.

The date and time of this year’s ceremony will be announced once confirmed with the two inductees.

Edelman spent his entire 12-year career with the Patriots after originally joining the team as a seventh-round draft pick in the 2009 NFL Draft out of Kent State. He is second in team history with 620 receptions, fourth with 6,822 receiving yards and ninth with 36 receiving touchdowns. He also had 58 rushing attempts for 413 yards, the most rushing attempts and rushing yards by a wide receiver in Patriots history. His 9,869 all-purpose yards are fourth in team history.

Edelman sits third in NFL history with 118 postseason receptions, behind Travis Kelce (178) and Jerry Rice (151). He is one of 17 NFL players with at least 1,000 career postseason yards and his 1,442 postseason receiving yards are third all-time, behind Rice (2,245) and Kelce (2,078). A member of three Super Bowl Championship teams, Edelman turned in key performances at crucial moments in all three Super Bowls wins. He was named Super Bowl LIII MVP after finishing with 10 receptions for 141 yards in the win vs. the Los Angeles Rams

Mankins is a finalist for the team’s hall of fame for the third straight time and is the only player to have been selected as a finalist more than once who has not yet been selected into the Patriots Hall of Fame.

Mankins is recognized as one of the best offensive linemen in franchise history. He played nine of his 11 NFL seasons with the Patriots after joining the team as a first-round draft pick in 2005. The three-time team captain earned six Pro Bowl selections and six All-Pro honors (2007, 2009-13) during his time with New England, including First-Team Associated Press All-Pro honors following the 2010 season. Mankins, a left tackle in college, started all 130 regular season and 17 postseason games in which he appeared as a member of the Patriots, all at left guard. With Mankins in the lineup, the Patriots offense finished in the top 10 in eight of his nine seasons with the team.

Vinatieri earned the reputation as one of the greatest and most clutch placekickers in the history of professional football during his 24 years in the NFL. After joining New England as a first-year free agent out of South Dakota State in 1996, he helped kick off the Patriots dynasty through 2005.

Vinatieri is the NFL’s all-time leading scorer with 2,673 points, as well as the NFL record-holder for most field goals made (599), postseason points scored (238) and overtime field goals made (12). He is also a member of the NFL’s 100th Anniversary All-Time Team and the NFL 2000s All-Decade Team. As a member of the Patriots, Vinatieri was responsible for several of the most crucial field goals in NFL history. In 2001, Vinatieri connected on a 45-yard field goal in blizzard conditions to send the AFC Divisional Playoff game vs. the Oakland Raiders to overtime, and he then won the game on a 23-yard field goal. New England went on to Super Bowl XXXVI that season, and Vinatieri kicked the game-winning 48-yard field goal as time expired to give the Patriots their first Super Bowl victory. Two years later in Super Bowl XXXVII, Vinatieri kicked a 41-yard field goal with four seconds left in the game to secure a second Super Bowl victory for the Patriots in 2003.