LORMAN, Miss. – Alcorn graduates Donald Driver and Steve McNair were a part of the list of modern-era nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021.
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Driver (Class of 1999) and McNair (Class of 1995) are among 130 nominees, which will be reduced to 25 semifinalists in November and 15 finalists in January.
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Driver is the all-time leading receiver with the Green Bay Packers and was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame in July 2017. He was a seventh-round pick in the 1997 NFL Draft.
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Driver caught 743 passes for 10,137 yards and 61 touchdowns over 205 games in his historic 14-year professional career with the same team. Driver was also a member of the Packers team who defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV (45) in 2011.
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Driver was a two-sport athlete at Alcorn. In addition to his football accomplishments, he's the current school record holder in both the men's high jump (2.30m) and long jump (7.75m) in outdoor track & field.
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McNair, who had a stellar career with the Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens, led the Titans to an appearance in Super Bowl XXXIV (34). He is the Titans' all-time leading passer with 31,304 yards. McNair was selected to the NFL Pro Bowl three times and was the 2003 NFL Co-Most Valuable Player. He was drafted third overall in the 1995 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers.
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McNair was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame during its 50
th Anniversary Induction Banquet in June 2016. The Titans retired his number on Sept. 15, 2019.
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McNair remains as the FCS all-time passing leader with 14,496 yards. He was named one of college football's 150 greatest of all-time by ESPN.
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