Josh Brown, who until recently kicked footballs for the New York Giants, rightfully now finds himself in the Hall of Shame along with other NFL domestic abusers.

Now, how about a few more kickers in the Hall of Fame?

Maybe you’re among those fans who think football would be better with no kickers at all — especially if you watched the Seahawks and Cardinals finish in a 6-6 tie Sunday because both teams missed field goals in overtime.

Heck, the NFL has tinkered with the idea of getting rid of kickoffs.

But, for better or worse, kickers remain a major part of football. Whether you consider them real athletes or not, they win and lose games — sometimes big ones.

There’s just one kicker in the Pro Football Hall of Fame who didn’t play other positions. That’s Jan Stenerud. Lou Groza and George Blanda are also enshrined at Canton, Ohio, but Groza also played tackle and Blanda was a quarterback. Ray Guy is the only exclusive punter, and he didn’t get in until 2014.

It’s been 25 years since Stenerud’s induction. It’s hard to believe no one else is worthy.

How about Jason Elam?

I ask because the former University of Hawaii star was honored by the Denver Broncos on Monday, as he became a member of their Ring of Fame. And the consistent excellence of current UH kicker Rigo Sanchez this season (8-for-8 on field goals and 31-for-31 on PATs) has had me thinking about Elam’s sublime college and pro careers.

Elam, who helped the Broncos win two Super Bowls, retired in 2009. He has been nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame each year since 2014.

But if he’s going to get in, it’s probably going to take a while. Elam is eighth all-time in field goals made with 436. Morten Andersen (565) and Gary Anderson (538) are Nos. 1 and 2. Adam Vinatieri, who is still active, is third with 521. (By the way, Vinatieri has made all 18 of his field-goal tries and all 18 of his extra points for the Colts this year at age 43.)

When and if the selection committee finally starts inducting kickers, members might penalize Elam for kicking most of his career at high-altitude Denver. Some will put an asterisk next to the 63-yard field goal he kicked in 1998 at Mile High Stadium, tying Tom Dempsey’s 28-year-old record for the NFL’s longest 3-pointer. (The Broncos’ Matt Prater converted from 64 yards in 2013, after David Akers and Sebastian Janikowski had also hit from 63.)

Well, at least Elam’s cleats from that game are on display at Canton.

Elam wasn’t just spectacular, he was consistent. He set NFL records for best extra-point conversion percentage (.995) and most consecutive seasons with at least 100 points (15).

Elam finished his UH career with 79 field goals, just one behind Washington’s Jeff Jaeger for most in NCAA history at the time. I asked his Rainbow Warriors coach, Bob Wagner, if Hawaii would’ve won the Western Athletic Conference championship without him in 1992.

“Probably not,” Wagner said. “Jason also had a great year punting. He told me once that more NFL teams actually worked him out as a punter than as a place-kicker. He was very good on kickoffs as well. There is so much hidden yardage in the kicking game, I doubt we could have made that up with any other kicker.”

Elam was so good at Hawaii that he came in No. 2 behind only Heisman Trophy finalist Colt Brennan in the Star-Bulletin’s 2009 ranking of the 100 greatest players in 100 years of UH football history.

He’s also always been a heckuva nice guy — and multi-talented: he’s a pilot and a published author.

Jason Elam more than lived up to his potential in the NFL and deserves a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, as do other kickers.