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NFL Dominant along the Current Tigers in the NFL wall of the Player’s PLAYER TEAM POS. Lounge in the Josh Booty Seattle Seahawks QB Lawton Room is the Chris Cummings Detroit Lions CB Tigers & The NFL Cedric Donaldson Chicago Bears CB display. Helmets Alan Faneca Pittsburgh Steelers G from each of the 31 Kevin Faulk New England Patriots RB NFL franchises are Larry Foster Detroit Lions WR on display with a Raion Hill New England Patriots DB chronological list of Al Jackson Dallas Cowboys G Tigers who have Greg Jackson San Diego Chargers DB Tory James Oakland Raiders DB played for each Reggie Jones San Diego Chargers WR team. Eddie Kennison Denver Broncos WR David LaFleur Dallas Cowboys TE Anthony Marshall Minnesota Vikings S Kevin Mawae NewYork Jets G Todd McClure Atlanta Falcons C Anthony McFarland Tampa Bay Buccaneers DT Rondell Mealey Green Bay Packers RB Arnold Miller Cleveland Browns DE Kenny Mixon Miami Dolphins DE Gabe Northern Minnesota Vikings DE Marcus Price New Orleans Saints T Wade Richey San Diego Chargers K Mark Roman Cincinnati Bengals DB Denard Walker Denver Broncos CB Joe Wesley San Francisco 49ers LB Chuck Wiley Atlanta Falcons LB Louis Williams Carolina Panthers OL Brandon Winey Miami Dolphins T The Pittsburgh Steelers picked Alan Tiger Graduate Faneca in the first round of the 1998 Assistant Coach Eugene NFL Draft after the offensive guard was Daniel enjoyed a named the Best Blocker in the SEC. 14-year NFL career from Kevin Faulk graduated in three 1984-97, spending 13 years at LSU and was chosen in years with the the second round of the 1999 Indianapolis Colts. NFL Draft. Kenny Mixon (l) is a starter for the Miami Dolphins. Did you know? LSU has produced 23 Gabe Northern was an Dalton Hilliard capped his career as NFL first round draft Academic All-SEC the leading rusher in LSU history, picks, which ranks selection at LSU and now a then went on to become the among the top 20 in all starter in the NFL. second-leading rusher in New Orleans of college football. Saints history. 2 0 0 1 L S U F O O T B A L L M E D I A G U I D E 53 THIS IS LSU Pete Maravich Billy Cannon Shaquille O’Neal Nicknamed “Pistol Pete,” Maravich One of the true legends of college football in Was the first pick in the 1992 NBA Draft. He still holds the NCAA record for the South, Cannon was the 1959 Heisman was named MVP of the league and the Finals career points with 3,667 and for career scoring Trophy winner that helped the Tigers to the in 2000 after leading the Los Angeles Lakers average with 44.2 points a game. Maravich was 1958 national title. Cannon’s most memorable to the World Championship. At LSU, O’Neal selected the National Player of the Year in 1970 performance came in 1959 against Ole Miss. The averaged 21.6 points and 13.6 rebounds for after leading the Tigers to the NIT Final Four. top-ranked Tigers trailed No. 3 Ole Miss 3-0 in his career, and in 1991, he was named the He scored 50+ points an amazing 28 times. the fourth quarter when Cannon fielded a punt, World’s Amateur Athlete of the Year as well After LSU he went on to a 10-year professional broke seven tackles and returned it 89 yards as as SEC Athlete of the Year and National career and was selected as one of the NBA’s 50 the Tigers went on to win 7-3. He went on to a Player of the Year. In 1997, he was named as greatest players in 1997. successful 11-year professional career. one of the top 50 players in NBA history. L S U G R E ATS Retired Numbers The five athletes on this page are the only athletes to have their jerseys retired by LSU. Basketball has retired the No. 23 for Pete Maravich, No. 50 for Bob Pettit, Jr., and No. 33 for Shaquille O’Neal. Football’s only retired jersey is the No. 20 worn by Billy Cannon, while baseball retired the No. 15 this spring in honor of longtime coach and current Bob Pettit, Jr. Skip Bertman athletic director Led LSU to its first NCAA Final Four in 1953 A legend in the college baseball ranks, Bertman created a dynasty at LSU, Skip Bertman. and he later became the first player in NBA guiding the Tigers to five national titles in a 10-year stretch from 1991- history to exceed the 20,000-plus point bar- 2000. He also skippered the United States to a bronze medal at the 1996 rier. Pettit is a member of the NBA Hall of Olympics in Atlanta and was an assistant on the gold medal-winning U.S. Fame and in 1997 he was named as one of squad in Seoul, Korea in 1988. Bertman retired from coaching following the top 50 players in NBA history. the 2001 season and is currently the LSU athletic director. 54 2 0 0 1 L S U F O O T B A L L M E D I A G U I D E Peta-Gaye Dowdie Marie Ferdinand Eddy Furniss Pat Henry A 19-time All-American. Dowdie The eighth pick overall in the 2001 Member of two National Champion Has led the LSU track and field was a member of three NCAA WNBA draft by the Utah Starzz. A LSU baseball teams, he owns the program to 21 national Championship teams during her First-Team All-American in 2000-01 LSU and SEC records for career championships and 19 SEC titles. time at LSU and went on to com- and helped the Lady Tigers to the hits, doubles, home runs and RBI. pete for her native Jamaica at the Elite Eight in 2000 and to the Won the 1998 Dick Howser Award 2000 Sydney Olympics. NCAA Tournament four times. as the nation’s top player. Esther Jones Ben McDonald Warren Morris Jimmy Taylor A 21-time All-American while at Named National Player of the Year Ninth inning game-winning home Tiger All-American fullback in LSU. Won a gold medal in the in 1989 and he was later the first run lifted LSU to the national title 1957. Taylor became a Hall of 4x100 meter relay team in player chosen in the Major League in 1996. Morris is currently the Famer with the Green Bay Packers Barcelona in 1992. Baseball Draft by the Baltimore starting second baseman for the and was on both Super Bowl Orioles. Pittsburgh Pirates. winners under Vince Lombardi. Y.A. Tittle David Toms Steve Van Buren Todd Walker A standout quarterback for The two-time SEC Player of the A halfback for the Tigers from Capped his LSU career as the SEC’s the Tigers from 1944-47. Tittle Year, Toms has gone on to a 1941-43, Van Buren was an All-SEC all-time leader in hits, runs, RBIs, went on to a Hall of Fame NFL successful career on the PGA Tour. selection in 1943, helping LSU to and total bases. Walker, who is a career spanning 15 seasons where Among his PGA Tour victories was an Orange Bowl victory. An NFL member of the All-Time College he was selected NFL MVP on two a thrilling win at the Compaq Hall of Famer who enjoyed an World Series Team, led LSU to the occasions (‘57 and ‘62). Classic in New Orleans in May. eight-year career with the Eagles. national title in 1993. 2 0 0 1 L S U F O O T B A L L M E D I A G U I D E 55 THIS IS LSU Two-time NBA champion and 2000 league MVP Shaquille O’Neal joined the long list of prominent LSU alumni when he earned his degree in General Studies in December 2000. PROMINENT LSU A L U M N I hile LSU continues to make its mark on the playing field, winning 36 national titles the state‘s flagship University continues to be a breeding Wground for some of the greatest minds in the world past and present. Reinosuke Hara who did Jim Flores graduated from Lod Cook graduated from Lod Cook was the lead donor for the Lod Cook research at LSU in the 1950's LSU and currently is the Vice LSU with a bachelor’s degree Alumni Center on the LSU Campus and in 1994 three and then later received the Chairman of OceanEntergy, in Mathematics in 1955 and of his friends, former Presidents of the United States honorary Doctorate of the World’s Leader in Oil then earned his Master’s Jimmy Carter, George Bush and Gerald Ford came Science degree from LSU in Exploration, based in degree in Petro Engineering to LSU for the dedication of the Alumni Center. 1992, is Vice-Chairman of Houston, Texas. in 1955. Cook served as CEO Seiko Instruments. of ARCO for nine years and he currently serves as co- Chairman of Global Crossing, a company that boasts 12,000 employees and revenues of $12 billion. 56 2 0 0 1 L S U F O O T B A L L M E D I A G U I D E Mary L. Landrieu on Jan. 7, Dr. James Andrews is a Harry Longwell graduated Kevin Faulk excelled in both the classroom and on 1997 became the first world-renowned orthopedic from LSU in 1963 with a the playing field as he graduated in just 3 years.