re: Who are your top ten favorite players from your team?

Domanick Davis
Joe Addai
Tommy Hodson
Chad Lavalais
Glen Dorsey
Jontre Kirklin
Kevin Faulk
Mason Taylor
Todd Kinchen
Tyrann Mathieu

State

Johnnie Cooks
DD Lewis
Walter Packer
Ray Costict
Kent Hull
Billy Jackson
Tyrone Keys
Mardye McDole
KJ Wright
Dak Prescott

I’m 25 and that’s my personal favorite players. I’m sure others vary by age.

1. Kevin Faulk
The rest in no particular order
Burrow
Daniels
Brad Wing. Might be mostly that fake punt against Florida
Chad Lavalais
Joe Addai
Chad Jones. Baseball moves him into top 10
Matt Mauk 01 and 03
Jarvis Landry
Clyde Edwards Helaire

Don Smith
John Bond
Walt Harris
Keffer McGee
Barrin Simpson
Anthony Dixon
Johnathan Banks
Mardye McDole
Johnie Cooks
Nick Fitzgerald

1. Jon Stevenson
2. Roger Shultz
3. Van Tiffin
4. Lane Bearden
5. Derrick Thomas
6. Sherman Williams
7. Mark Ingram
8. Siran Stacy
9. Bobby Humphrey
10. A.J. Mccarron

Favorite players, not necessarily greatest players....

10. Billy Ray Smith
9. Tony Bua
8. Kenoy Kennedy
7. Greg Thomas
6. Felix Jones
5. Hunter Henry
4. Joe Dean Davenport
3. Brad Taylor
2. James Rouse
1. Barry Foster

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All those guys are favorites as well!! Hard to keep at only 10.

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Agree! I’m not a fan of top 10 lists when I’ve been a fan of something for decades.
Don Smith was special because I’ve lived 80% of my life in Tennessee and I was there on the 12th row in Neyland stadium for his 62 yd td run on my side of the field.
JJ was as tough as they come and he was special. If he would have had more years with us, he would have made my list. Norwood was ridiculous. Several guys from ‘98 & ‘99. Those were two great teams.
I remember someone asked Norwood if he was afraid of getting hurt because of his skinny legs. He replied, “They can’t hurt what they can’t catch.”
Keffer was my fav of all time. Not because we lost him too soon, but he was one of the most humble persons to have that much talent. He had God in his heart and seemed like every time I saw him, he was smiling. Reminded me of Jerry Rice when I met him.
Thought the same way about Dicenzo. One of the nicest guys I’ve ever met and pretty good pass catching RB.

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My wife and I were married the same day as the State - Tennessee game. Still have the tape (was aTBS early game and our Wedding was that evening). Don Smith was unstoppable that day

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Congrats on both wins! Yeah, it was a beautiful day. I was working in Nashville and my boss was a State grad so we went up for the game. We were the only two guys wearing maroon sport coats in those UT seats down low about the 40 yd line. My uncle played HS football with Johnny Majors so Johnny knew my dad and his brothers.
Much respect for Johnny. I talked to him about 10 years before he passed, he missed my call trying to get through traffic in Pittsburgh one day. When he called me back, he just kept apologizing for missing my call. Such a gracious and God fearing man.
His book “You Can Go Home Again” is a fantastic read. Some football talk but awesome stories about growing up in Lynchburg. I told him he was one of my fav coaches but that I was a lifelong MSU fan. He said, “That’s all right, Mississippi State is a great school.”