Johnie Cooks former Super Bowl champion and Mississippi State star dies at 64
The football community lost an all-time great on Thursday, as former Mi si sippi State star and champion linebacker Johnie Cooks died at 64, ."Johnie Cooks is without question among the very best to ever put on the maroon and white while also standing as one of the most decorated Boone Jenner Jersey players of his era," Mi si sippi State athletic director Zac Selmon said in a statement. "He truly did it all in his career, from earning accolade after accolade as a Bulldog, to winning a Super Bowl in the . Johnie will Cam Atkinson Men Jersey be remembered forever in Starkville as he is cemented as an MSU legend."Cooks' prestigious college career included three All-SEC honors, 24 sacks (fourth most in school history) and 392 tackles (fifth most). He once logged 24 tackles in a single game, and in 1980 helped MSU to a 9-3 record (5-1 in the SEC), its best season in almost two decades. This production helped him go Anthony Duclair Jersey No. 2 overall to the Baltimore in the 1982 .Cooks was a Defensive Rookie of the Year candidate in his first NFL season, despite making just eight starts on a strike-shortened schedule. He went on to play just under seven seasons with the Colts, including after their David Savard Kids Jersey relocation to Indianapolis, totaling 29 sacks, four fumble recoveries and four interceptions acro s 74 starts. He had a career-high 11.5 sacks in 1984.Released by Indy in 1988, Cooks signed with the and spent two and a half seasons in Brandon Dubinsky Women Jersey New York, winning Super Bowl XXV against the during his penultimate NFL campaign. After a brief stint with the in 1991, he retired after 10 total seasons.