Among those recognized were several members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, including Brett Favre (Southern Miss), Jerry Rice (Mississippi Valley State) and Walter Payton (Jackson State), and ...

Michael Wilbon, co-host of "Pardon the Interruption," crowned Payton as Mississippi’s best athlete. He also appointed Payton, Favre, Rice and Manning to a Mount Rushmore of Mississippi’s best athletes ...

Among those recognized were several members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, including Brett Favre (Southern Miss), Jerry Rice (Mississippi Valley State) and Walter Payton (Jackson State), and former ...