The Pro Football Hall of Fame's 2015 class will be announced Jan. 31. The St. Louis Rams' Kurt Warner is one of 15 modern-era finalists.

Warner's Hall of Fame case doesn't come with the longevity of others, but what he did in a short window combined with the romanticism of his professional football journey will almost certainly make him an appealing candidate.

First and foremost, Warner is one of only three quarterbacks in league history to start a Super Bowl for two teams. In Warner's case, that's the Rams and the Arizona Cardinals, two moribund franchises when he took over and world champion contenders by the time he left. What Warner did in those Super Bowls also makes him a viable Hall of Fame contender.

Warner holds the three most productive passing days in Super Bowl history, in terms of yards, with 414 against Tennessee, 377 against Pittsburgh (as a Cardinal) and 365 against New England. In 13 postseason games, Warner posted 31 touchdowns and 14 interceptions for a passer rating of 102.8, and his completion percentage (66.5) and yards per attempt (8.55) stand as the highest in postseason history, among qualified passers.

In six years in St. Louis, Warner threw 14,447 yards and 102 touchdowns for a passer rating of 97.2. Along the way, he won two MVPs, which makes him one of eight players in league history to win the award multiple times. Had Warner’s career ended there, his best chance to make the Hall of Fame would have rested more on the mythology of his story than the cold, hard numbers.

But in five years in Arizona, Warner’s statistics matched up pretty well to his five seasons as a starter in St. Louis. He threw for 15,843 yards and 100 touchdowns for a passer rating of 91.9 while starting 57 games -- seven more than he did with the Rams.