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SEC Football: SEC Legends Award Winners for 2016 Announced

By Justin Melton

Sep 3, 2016; College Station, TX, USA; The SEC logo on the chains during a game between the Texas A&M Aggies and the UCLA Bruins at Kyle Field. Texas A&M won in overtime 31-24. Mandatory Credit: Ray Carlin-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 3, 2016; College Station, TX, USA; The SEC logo on the chains during a game between the Texas A&M Aggies and the UCLA Bruins at Kyle Field. Texas A&M won in overtime 31-24. Mandatory Credit: Ray Carlin-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 10, 2016; Starkville, MS, USA; Mississippi State Bulldogs fans cheer during the first quarter of the game against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Davis Wade Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 10, 2016; Starkville, MS, USA; Mississippi State Bulldogs fans cheer during the first quarter of the game against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Davis Wade Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports /

Randy Thomas, Offensive Guard, Mississippi State, 1997-1998

Mississippi State offensive guard Randy Thomas was a two-year starter for the Bulldog from 1997-98.  Thomas was a valuable leader of MSU’s 1998 SEC Western Division championship team that reached the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta.  Although he didn’t start playing football until the tenth grade, he started all 24 games of his career at Mississippi State while earning second-team All-America honors by the Sporting News and second-team All-SEC accolades by the Associated Press as a senior.

Thomas was selected in the second round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the New York Jets, becoming the highest drafted MSU offensive lineman since 1976 at the time. Thomas played 11 NFL seasons, starting 143 games from 1999-2009 that included stints with the Jets and Washington Redskins.

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