SEC Football Legends explained

SEC Football Legends is an annual award program of the Southeastern Conference designed to honor outstanding former college football players from each of the conference's fourteen member institutions. Begun in 1994, the Legends Dinner featuring video highlights of each honoree's career is one of various events of the week leading up to the SEC Championship Game.^[1] The honorees are also recognized at halftime of the game.

SEC Legends honorees

Eastern Division

Year							Vanderbilt
1994				–			Bill Wade
1995				–			Bob Asher
1996				–			John Hall
1997				–		John Michels	Bucky Curtis
1998				–			Charley Horton
1999				–			Bob Werckle
2000				–			Herb Rich
2001				–			Will Wolford
2002		George Patton		–	Jeff Grantz		Jim Arnold
2003				–			Whit Taylor
2004				–			Gerard Mitchell
2005^[2]				–	Warren Muir		Chris Gaines
2006^[3]				–			Eric Jones
2007^[4]				–			Chuck Scott
2008^[5]				–			Shelton Quarles
2009^[6]				–			Jamie Duncan
2010^[7]				–			Corey Chavous
2011^[8]				–			Corey Harris
2012^[9]							Hunter Hillenmeyer
2013^[10]			Wilbur Hackett	Phil Bradley			Jimmy Williams
2014^[11]		John Little					Jonathan Goff
2015^[12]							Earl Bennett
2016^[13]							Chris Williams
2017^[14]							Don Orr
2018^[15]				Devin West			Zac Stacy
2019^[16]					Fred Zeigler		Jovan Haye
2022^[17]
2023^[18]							Jamie Winborn

Western Division

Year							Texas A&M
1994							–
1995							–
1996						Hunter Corhern	–
1997							–
1998							–
1999							–
2000			Stacy Danley				–
2001							–
2002							–
2003					Billy Ray Adams		–
2004		Fred Marshall					–
2005							–
2006		Cliff Powell				Wayne Harris	–
2007						Billy Jackson	–
2008							–
2009					Jimmy Lear		–
2010							–
2011							–
2012							John David Crow
2013							Dat Nguyen
2014		Jerry Lamb					Jacob Green
2015							Bubba Bean
2016				Robert Dugas			Ray Mickens
2017							Dave Elmendorf
2018							Pat Thomas
2019
2022							Johnny Manziel
2023							Ray Childress

Notes and References

1. Web site: Legends Dinner . Southeastern Conference . 2007-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930160505/http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=2&url_article_id=4493&change_well_id=2 . 2007-09-30.
2. Web site: 2005 Alltel SEC Football Legends . Southeastern Conference . 2005-12-01 . 2007-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070819093004/http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=2&url_article_id=6334&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2 . 2007-08-19.
3. Web site: Cingular 2006 SEC Football Legends . Southeastern Conference . 2006-11-25 . 2007-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070217231609/http://www.secsports.com/index.php?change_well_id=2&url_article_id=7853 . 2007-02-17.
4. Web site: Gault Named UT's SEC Football Legend. utsports.com. 12 January 2018.
5. Web site: SEC Legend Recognized at the Ole Miss Game. floridagators.com. 12 January 2018.
6. Web site: Quentin Riggins named to 2009 SEC Legends class. al.com. 12 January 2018.
7. Web site: Former Gator Kevin Carter named 2010 SEC Football Legend. floridagators.com. 12 January 2018.
8. Web site: Ike Hilliard Named 2011 SEC Football Legend. floridagators.com. 3 November 2011.
9. Web site: SEC Announces 2012 Football Legends Class. secdigitalnetwork.com. 26 November 2012.
10. News: Casagrande. Michael. Marty Lyons named to 2013 SEC Legends Class to represent Alabama Crimson Tide. September 19, 2013. September 19, 2013. al.com.
11. Web site: SEC announces 2014 Football Legends class. fanbuzz.com. 2018-01-12.
12. Web site: Faneca to Represent LSU as SEC Legend. lsusports.net. 12 January 2018.
13. Web site: SEC announces 2016 football legends class. secsports.com. 12 January 2018.
14. Web site: SEC announces 2017 Football Legends class. secsports.com. 12 January 2018.
15. Web site: SEC announces 2018 Football Legends class. secsports.com. 20 August 2018.
16. Web site: SEC announces 2019 Football Legends class. secsports.com. 26 September 2019.
17. Web site: Southeastern Conference Announces 2022 Football Legends Class (October 6, 2022). secsports.com. December 3, 2022.
18. Web site: Southeastern Conference Announces 2023 Football Legends Class. secsports.com. July 15, 2024.