NEW ORLEANS — Larry Allen, Warren Sapp, Jonathan Ogden, Cris Carter and Bill Parcells were voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2013.

In addition, senior-committee candidates Curley Culp and Dave Robinson also secured enshrinment.

Parcells was the longest-discussed candidate. The committee took almost an hour to go through his credentials, according to committee member Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News. Parcells helped turn around four franchises — the Giants, Patriots, Jets and Cowboys — as a coach and administrator, winning two Super Bowls (XXI and XXV) and being named NFL Coach of the Year twice, in 1986 and 1994. He was the first coach to lead four teams to the playoffs in NFL history.

“This is unbelievable. It’s exhilarating,” Parcells said. “I am just grateful for the men who were named before me. They are the ones who paved the way for me and other coaches to get in.”

Parcells was on the ballot for the first time last year, when he came up short of getting into Canton.

“This year was a little less stressful than last year. I thought I had a good chance to get in,” he said. “I was kind of hoping it would happen. Things didn’t work out, but I am happy to join now. It’s great.”