The Best Pro Football Player In Mississippi History; Part Seven: LBer's

We are nearing the home stretch in our series of the greatest pro football players to come from the college ranks of Mississippi. As we saw in our last installment Mississippi has had some very good defensive linemen move on to the next level. In this installment we will look at the best linebackers to play pro football out of the Magnolia State.  As we will see just about every major university has a player on this list. All three Division I schools have at least one player and two of the three historically black universities have at least one player as well. We will also see a player who should be in the NFL Hall of Fame on this list. Once again in no particular order or raking here is our look at Mississippi linebackers.     Johnny Brewer: Cleveland Browns via Ole Miss Rebels Brewer was a great player during his time on the Oxford campus in Mississippi. He was part of two claimed National Championships in both 1959 and 1960 playing for legendary coach John Vaught. ...