Mississippi State greats
14 players, ranked by what they did at Mississippi State: the Heisman, the College Football Hall of Fame, national awards, consensus All-America teams, first-round picks and leading a national champion. Before 2004 our records hold the honors and the draft; from 2004 they add season stats for most players (not linemen, and not every name before 2010, when the source’s rosters fill in).
- D.D. LewisHall of Fame, 2001
- Jackie ParkerHall of Fame, 1976
Emmanuel ForbesConsensus All-American, 2022- Jimmy WebbConsensus All-American, 1974
Johnthan Banks2012 Jim Thorpe
Fred SmootConsensus All-American, 2000
Charles CrossNo. 9 pick, 2022
Fletcher CoxNo. 12 pick, 2012
Jeffery SimmonsNo. 19 pick, 2019
Montez SweatNo. 26 pick, 2019
Johnathan AbramNo. 27 pick, 2019
Derek SherrodNo. 32 pick, 2011
Dak PrescottEighth in the 2014 Heisman vote
Shorty McWilliams10th in the 1944 Heisman vote
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.