JACKSON, Miss. – Former Ole Miss gridiron standout Jeff Herrod has been chosen as a member of the Mississippi Sports activities Corridor of Fame class of 2023, the group introduced Wednesday.
Herrod led the Rebels in tackles three of his 4 years as a starter. He nonetheless holds the single-game file for tackles (28) and the single-season mark for tackles (168) in Ole Miss historical past. He’s additionally the all-time chief in tackles at Ole Miss with 528 and the second all-time main tackler in SEC historical past.
The Birmingham, Alabama, native was a primary crew All-SEC decide by the league coaches in 1986 and a second crew AP decide in each 1986 and 1987. He additionally garnered third crew All-America honors. Following his senior season, he was defensive captain within the 1988 Senior Bowl and Defensive MVP of the Blue-Grey Recreation.
Herrod performed 11 years within the NFL, 10 with the Indianapolis Colts and one with the Philadelphia Eagles. He led the Colts in tackles for seven seasons and completed because the franchise’s all-time chief in tackles with 1,347. His 200 tackles in a season was probably the most till 2012. He was named Defensive Participant of 12 months 3 times (1989, 1990 and 1992), and the Colts named him their MVP in 1991.
In 1998 he obtained the NFL prestigious Ed Block Braveness Award from the Colts for overcoming adversity on and off the sector. In 1993 he was chosen as a member of the Ole Miss Workforce of the Century. He was inducted into the Ole Miss Athletics Corridor of Fame in 2001 and chosen as an SEC Soccer Legend in 2013.
Different inductees included within the 2023 class are Mississippi State baseball participant Paul Mahold, Alabama soccer participant John Mangum, Millsaps baseball coach Jim Web page, former Ole Miss scholar and Olympic marksman Tony Rosetti, Ole Miss girls’s basketball participant Carol Ross, Southern Miss soccer participant Patrick Surtain and Jackson State soccer participant Lewis Tillman.
This 2023 class will likely be formally enshrined subsequent summer season throughout the Mississippi Sports activities Corridor of Fame Induction Weekend, offered by Wayne Sanderson Farms and the Sanderson Farms Championship, on July 28 – 29, 2023.
Get all the most recent info on the crew by following @olemissfb on Twitter and Instagram and OleMissFootball on Facebook. Basic athletic information will also be discovered at OleMissSports on Twitter and Facebook and OleMissAthletics on Instagram.
