Emotional but amazingly composed, Sydney Seau presented her father Junior Seau into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

“He is the epitome of a perfect match to football because they are both stubborn, they are both relentless, competitive and hard-hitting,” Sydney Seau said during a video tribute for her father.

Joined on the stage by brothers Tyler, Hunter and Jake, Sydney unveiled her father’s bronze bust on the stage to a standing ovation from the crowd.

Hall policy does not allow live speeches during a posthumous induction. But in a compromise, Sydney Seau was allowed to speak in an interview onstage after the unveiling.

Junior Seau took his own life in 2012 at the age of 43. After his death, he was diagnosed to have had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a neuro-degenerative disease that has been found in the brains of dozens of deceased NFL players due to repeated head trauma.

Seau's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the NFL in 2013, alleging that the league concealed the dangers of football-related head trauma over a period of several years.

Sydney Seau wore a chain with a gold No. 55 around her neck to honor her father. The crowed honored Seau by observing a moment of silence.

“I know this is not my speech to give,” Sydney Seau said. “This is his. He spent 20 years in the league, and he deserves this moment. All I can do is humbly attempt to thank the people in his life and his career that made this induction possible.”

Sydney Seau went on to thank the people that meant the most to Junior -- his family, including father Tiaini Seau Sr. and Luisa Seau, who both sat together in the audience.

“They were everything to him,” Sydney said about her father’s parents. “They taught him the true meaning of love and family, how to present oneself, how to respect one’s culture and selflessness. And I know for a fact he would say this honor is yours, along with the rest of the Seau family.”

In a six-minute video tribute, Sydney Seau discussed the reasons why her father deserved induction into the Hall.

“He was just the ultimate competitor,” Sydney said. “There was never a time where he didn’t give all of himself in every play and every practice. And I think that’s why everybody respected him.”

The video tribute included a photo of Sydney and Junior together at her show-and-tell in kindergarten. In the picture, Sydney’s wearing Junior’s jersey -- shoulder pads and all -- with her dad wearing a baseball cap from the Pro Bowl.

“My dad was more than a person, he was just a light in general,” Sydney Seau said. “He was someone that brought something to the table that no one else could. He was charismatic. He was a huge entertainer, always on, always fun and just a passionate human being.”

Chargers chairman Dean Spanos, along with sons A.G. and John Spanos, flew back on Saturday to attend the event and host a reception celebrating Seau after the Hall of Fame ceremony was over on Saturday.

“He played with the most passion of any player I’d ever seen,” Dean Spanos said during the video tribute. “He really, truly had a love of the sport.”

The Chargers will honor Seau in a pregame ceremony in the season opener against the Detroit Lions on Sept. 13. Sydney Seau will address the audience after a video tribute.

Seau also became the first Polynesian player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

“I remember when I first got into the league, every three or four weeks you might see a Polynesian player on the other side of the field on the other team,” former San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman Jesse Sapolu said. “But now we’ve got three to four guys on the other team. We’re trying to push the envelope out even further, and today is a major milestone for us.”

Sydney Seau spoke directly to her father in her final words on stage.

“Dad, you gave us your presence, your love, but most of all you gave us your heart,” she said. “And I know at times it seemed that everything you accomplished in life wasn’t enough.

“But today, and ever since you held me in your arms for the first time, you were more than just enough; you were everything. And I hope this induction can exemplify that you are more than Junior Seau, No. 55 and a ‘Buddee.’ You were a light.”