Top 50 Mississippi athletes

[state2013]

I was reviewing an old article from sports illustrated from 1999 where they listed out the top athletes from each state. The list had some glaring oversights. Brett Favre was a 3 time mvp and super bowl champion when this article was written and was still listed behind Archie Manning. And jerry rice had a better career than walter payton and is the best player to ever play his position. To be fair I'm sure this list wasn't well researched by the writers and slapped together to sell more units. Who are some of the 50 greatest Mississippi born athletes that aren't on this list? I'll start with Pittsburgh Pirate great Dave Parker.

https://www.si.com/vault/1999/12/27/274007/the-50-greatest-sports-figures-from-mississippi

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

I think you have to put Queen Victoria on there...

 

[aTotal360]

read the title of the article again...

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

He's not top 50 athlete, but I just ran into Jeff Simmons at the state track meet. He looks like a grown man with no body fat. Watched RB recruit from East Marion the last few weeks as well, kinda small.