# SEC Football Legends

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. The honorees are also recognized at halftime of the game.

## SEC Legends honorees
### Eastern Division

| Year | Florida | Georgia | Kentucky | Missouri | South Carolina | Tennessee | Vanderbilt |
| 1994 | Neal Anderson | Charley Trippi | Babe Parilli | – | George Rogers | Bob Johnson | Bill Wade |
| 1995 | Jack Youngblood | Fran Tarkenton | Derrick Ramsey | – | Alex Hawkins | Doug Atkins | Bob Asher |
| 1996 | Nat Moore | Bill Stanfill | Wallace Jones | – | Sterling Sharpe | Condredge Holloway | John Hall |
| 1997 | Carlos Alvarez | Terry Hoage | Jerry Claiborne | – | Todd Ellis | John Michels | Bucky Curtis |
| 1998 | Glenn Cameron | John Rauch | Bob Gain | – | Bobby Bryant | Richmond Flowers | Charley Horton |
| 1999 | Kerwin Bell | Herschel Walker | Steve Meilinger | – | Rick Sanford | Steve Kiner | Bob Werckle |
| 2000 | John Reaves | Kevin Butler | Lou Michaels | – | Harold Green | Steve DeLong | Herb Rich |
| 2001 | Huey Richardson | Tommy Lyons | Sam Ball | – | Robert Brooks | Stanley Morgan | Will Wolford |
| 2002 | Brad Culpepper | George Patton | Art Still | – | Jeff Grantz | Johnny Majors | Jim Arnold |
| 2003 | Larry Smith | Scott Woerner | Dermontti Dawson | – | Dickie Harris | Reggie White | Whit Taylor |
| 2004 | Lomas Brown | Mike Wilson | George Blanda | – | Dan Reeves | Frank Emanuel | Gerard Mitchell |
| 2005 | Trace Armstrong | Zeke Bratkowski | Warren Bryant | – | Warren Muir | Larry Seivers | Chris Gaines |
| 2006 | Louis Oliver | Garrison Hearst | Jeff Van Note | – | Willie Scott | Chip Kell | Eric Jones |
| 2007 | Ralph Ortega | Rex Robinson | Larry Seiple | – | Duce Staley | Willie Gault | Chuck Scott |
| 2008 | Errict Rhett | Eric Zeier | Irv Goode | – | Brad Edwards | Doug Dickey | Shelton Quarles |
| 2009 | Reidel Anthony | Matt Stinchcomb | Jim Kovach | – | Tommy Suggs | Heath Shuler | Jamie Duncan |
| 2010 | Kevin Carter | Ben Zambiasi | Tim Couch | – | Andrew Provence | Al Wilson | Corey Chavous |
| 2011 | Ike Hilliard | Boss Bailey | Rodger Bird | – | Brandon Bennett | Bobby Majors | Corey Harris |
| 2012 | Steve Tannen | David Greene | Sonny Collins | Johnny Roland | Ko Simpson | Peerless Price | Hunter Hillenmeyer |
| 2013 | Wes Chandler | Tim Worley | Wilbur Hackett | Phil Bradley | Max Runager | Inky Johnson | Jimmy Williams |
| 2014 | Lito Sheppard | John Little | Derek Abney | Kellen Winslow | Sheldon Brown | Todd Kelly | Jonathan Goff |
| 2015 | Fred Taylor | Richard Seymour | Dave Roller | Roger Wehrli | André Goodman | Chuck Smith | Earl Bennett |
| 2016 | Steve Spurrier | Jon Stinchcomb | James Whalen | Justin Smith | Travelle Wharton | Deon Grant | Chris Williams |
| 2017 | Danny Wuerffel | Champ Bailey | Nate Northington | Brad Smith | John Abraham | Chad Clifton | Don Orr |
| 2018 | Lawrence Wright | Hines Ward | Rich Brooks | Devin West | Eric Norwood | Phillip Fulmer | Zac Stacy |
| 2019 | Jevon Kearse | Vince Dooley | Oliver Barnett | Jeremy Maclin | Fred Zeigler | Darwin Walker | Jovan Haye |
| 2022 | Alex Brown | Thomas Davis | Joe Federspiel | Gary Pinkel | Alshon Jeffery | Peyton Manning | Allama Matthews |
| 2023 | Shane Matthews | Knowshon Moreno | Wesley Woodyard | Chase Coffman | Marcus Lattimore | Joey Kent | Jamie Winborn |

### Western Division

| Year | Alabama | Arkansas | Auburn | LSU | Ole Miss | Mississippi St. | Texas A&M |
| 1994 | Lee Roy Jordan | Lance Alworth | Tracy Rocker | Jim Taylor | Charlie Conerly | Johnny Baker | – |
| 1995 | Harry Gilmer | Joe Ferguson | Tucker Frederickson | Dalton Hilliard | Barney Poole | Jimmy Webb | – |
| 1996 | Billy Neighbors | Chuck Dicus | Joe Cribbs | Billy Cannon | Johnny Vaught | Hunter Corhern | – |
| 1997 | John Hannah | Jim Benton | Zeke Smith | Charles Alexander | John "Kayo" Dottley | Steve Freeman | – |
| 1998 | Holt Rast | Clyde Scott | Pat Sullivan | Bert Jones | Archie Manning | Johnie Cooks | – |
| 1999 | Johnny Musso | Bill Montgomery | Jackie Burkett | Jerry Stovall | Charlie Flowers | D. D. Lewis | – |
| 2000 | Dwight Stephenson | Ronnie Caveness | Stacy Danley | Roy Winston | Robert Khayat | Kent Hull | – |
| 2001 | Joe Namath | Steve Atwater | Mike Kolen | Tommy Hodson | Ray Poole | Rockey Felker | – |
| 2002 | Vaughn Mancha | Loyd Phillips | Terry Beasley | Mike Anderson | Ben Williams | Harper Davis | – |
| 2003 | Jeremiah Castille | Wayne Harris | Steve Wallace | Wendell Davis | Billy Ray Adams | Tyrone Keys | – |
| 2004 | Bob Baumhower | Fred Marshall | Jim Phillips | Paul Dietzel | Allen Brown | Art Davis | – |
| 2005 | Cornelius Bennett | Quinn Grovey | Ed Dyas | Eric Martin | Andre Townsend | Joe Fortunato | – |
| 2006 | Steve Sloan | Cliff Powell | Bo Jackson | Y. A. Tittle | Jake Gibbs | Wayne Harris | – |
| 2007 | Ken Stabler | Ken Hatfield | Ken Rice | Tommy Casanova | Wesley Walls | Billy Jackson | – |
| 2008 | Bart Starr | Billy Ray Smith, Jr. | Al Del Greco | Lance Smith | Bobby Ray Franklin | Tom Goode | – |
| 2009 | Antonio Langham | Gary Anderson | Quentin Riggins | Michael Brooks | Jimmy Lear | Billy Stacy | – |
| 2010 | Cornelius Griffin | Frank Broyles | Gregg Carr | Fred Miller | Everett Lindsay | Eric Moulds | – |
| 2011 | Dennis Homan | Leotis Harris | Buddy McClinton | George Bevan | Deuce McAllister | Tom Neville | – |
| 2012 | Paul Crane | Pat Summerall | James Owens | Kevin Mawae | Glynn Griffing | Walt Harris | John David Crow |
| 2013 | Marty Lyons | Wayne Martin | Frank Sanders | Kevin Faulk | Jeff Herrod | Glen Collins | Dat Nguyen |
| 2014 | Bobby Humphrey | Jerry Lamb | Cadillac Williams | Doug Moreau | Stan Hindman | Fred Smoot | Jacob Green |
| 2015 | Woodrow Lowe | Madre Hill | Takeo Spikes | Alan Faneca | Ken Lucas | Mario Haggan | Bubba Bean |
| 2016 | Chris Samuels | Shawn Andrews | Jason Campbell | Robert Dugas | Kris Mangum | Randy Thomas | Ray Mickens |
| 2017 | Gene Stallings | Dan Hampton | Carlos Rogers | Glenn Dorsey | Terrence Metcalf | Floyd Womack | Dave Elmendorf |
| 2018 | Shaun Alexander | Darren McFadden | Ronnie Brown | Ron Estay | Jim Miller | Mardye McDole | Pat Thomas |
| 2019 | Ray Perkins | Dennis Winston | Karlos Dansby | Johnny Robinson | Jonathan Nichols | Barrin Simpson | Ed Simonini |
| 2022 | Ozzie Newsome | Steve Korte | Ben Tamburello | Todd McClure | Eli Manning | K.J. Wright | Johnny Manziel |
| 2023 | Andre Smith | Dick Bumpas | Ed King | James Britt | Patrick Willis | Reggie Kelly | Ray Childress |