PHILADELPHIA — Always shifty and stylish as he shed tackles or caught passes out of the backfield, retired running back LeSean “Shady” McCoy was straightforward on Sunday ahead of his induction into the Eagles Hall of Fame. “I want to thank Mr. Lurie and his family for taking a chance on a 20-year-old kid from Harrisburg, giving me an opportunity to chase my dreams,” said McCoy, the franchise’s all-time leading rusher with 6,792 yards. “I want to thank all my teammates and coaches. This is a great honor for me today, but a lot of this wouldn’t be possible without them.” Owner Jeffrey Lurie’s Eagles drafted McCoy 53rd overall in the second round of the 2009 NFL Draft out of the University of Pittsburgh. He played here for six years, beginning with the Andy Reid regime, through the 2014 season before being traded to the Buffalo Bills by Chip Kelly. He went on to play for Reid again in 2019 in Kansas City, and then spent his final season in Tampa Bay in 2020. “It means a lot,” McCoy said of being inducted. “I played with so many good players … some great players. I think about how long the Eagles have been in existence. To be part of the Eagles’ Hall of Fame, that really means a lot.” Kelly’s trade of McCoy in January 2015 for linebacker Kiko Alonso, whom he had coached at Oregon, was shocking to the fanbase and to McCoy himself. “I do always wonder (what it would have been like) if I had remained an Eagle,” he said. “I guess when guys leave teams, it’s usually over money or it’s over production, and neither of them things were the problem. I think about it, because this place is so special to me. Where I grew up is an hour and some change away. So I think about it, but I guess this makes it right.” Kelly never made it through the ensuing Eagles season, getting fired on Dec. 29, 2015 with the Eagles stuck at 6-9. McCoy went on to become a member of the NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 2010s before “officially” announcing his retirement as an Eagle in 2021. Nicknamed “Shady” by his mother because of his mood swings as a kid, the elusive McCoy earned three Pro Bowl and two All-Pro selections while he was in Philadelphia. In 2013, he led the league in rushing with 1,607 yards and in yards from scrimmage with 2,146, which are both single-season franchise records. He finished second in the AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year vote. Also that season, he set a franchise single-game record with 217 rushing yards in the “Snow Bowl” game against the Detroit Lions. In 2011, McCoy set the Eagles’ single-season touchdown record with 20 — 17 rushing and three receiving. During his career, McCoy made six Pro Bowls and won a pair of Super Bowls, with Kansas City and with Tampa Bay. He made the Pro Bowl in his first three years with Buffalo and helped the Bills make the playoffs after a 17-year drought. His 11,102 career rushing yards (4.5-yard average) makes him one of just 32 running backs to surpass the 10,000-yard milestone. He is 22nd all-time, just behind O.J. Simpson. “I want to take a special time to thank these Eagles fans,” McCoy said during a halftime ceremony. “I played for a couple different teams, and I’ll tell you what, there ain’t no fans in the world like Eagles fans.”