Perhaps they show the which players eventually make it into the Hall of Fame, according to the game.
I remember back on like Madden 2001, in your franchise mode they kept up with the all-time stats. Like if you had a RB in the year 2020 who broke Emmitt's rushing record, it would list it there. Unless I just can't find that, they dropped it in the last few years. I wish that was still there.