All-SEC Mississippi State linebacker Super Bowl champ Cooks dead at 64

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STARKVILLE, Mi si sippi (AP) Three-time all-Southeastern Conference linebacker and Super Bowl champion Johnie Cooks has died. He was 64. Cooks played four seasons at Mi si sippi State, which released notice of his death on Thursday. A cause of death was not given. Cooks finished his college career Haydn Fleury Jersey with 392 tackles and 24 sacks. He twice led Mi si sippi State in tackles in the 1978 and 1981 season. In 1980, Cooks posted a career-best 24 tackles in a game with Auburn. Cooks, from Leland, Mi si sippi, Ryan Dzingel Women Jersey was perhaps best known for a forced fumble near the goal line that helped preserve the Bulldogs' 6-3 win over No. 1 Alabama in 1980. Cooks was drafted No. 2 overall by Baltimore in 1982 and played 10 seasons in the NFL. He played six with the Colts before joining the New York Giants, where was part of their 1990 Super Bowl championship season. He finished his career with the Cleveland Browns in 1991.Mi si sippi State athletic director Zac Selmon extended condolences Jaccob Slavin Kids Jersey to Cook's family. Johnie will be remembered forever in Starkville as he is cemented as an MSU legend, Selmon said in a statement. Cooks was named to the Mi si sippi Sports Hall of Fame in 2004 and is part of of the Bulldogs' Ring of Honor at Davis Wade Stadium.___AP college football: and . Sign up for the APs college football newsletter: in this topic
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