Whitworth will represent LSU as the 2024 SEC Football Legend – LSU

BATON ROUGE – Andrew Whitworth, who won a national title at LSU and went on to win a Super Bowl, has been named to the SEC Football Legends class of 2024, the league office announced Tuesday.

The group of 16 SEC Football Legends will be honored during events surrounding the SEC Football Championship Game in Atlanta in December.

Whitworth helped bring LSU football back into the national spotlight as he was part of a signing class that helped the program win its first national title in 45 years when they captured the BCS National Championship in 2003. Since arriving on campus in 2001, LSU has gone on to win three national titles, capture five SEC titles and average nearly 10 wins per season.

Whitworth was a four-year starter at offensive tackle for the Tigers from 2002 to 2005, earning first-team All-SEC honors in 2004 and 2005. A starter on LSU’s 2003 national championship team, he played in two SEC Championship Games and won the 2003 national title.

Whitworth was named second-team All-America as a senior in 2005 after earning Freshman All-America honors in 2002. He started 52 straight games at left tackle for the Tigers, the second-longest streak in FBS history at the time. He never missed a game in college and helped LSU to a 41-11 overall mark during his four years with the Tigers.

He was selected in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals and spent 16 seasons in the NFL (11 with Cincinnati, 5 with Los Angeles Rams). He retired after the 2021 season as the oldest offensive tackle in NFL history and he was also the oldest offensive lineman to win a Super Bowl, doing so at the age of 40.

He was named first-team All-Pro twice (2015, 2017) and was selected to the Pro Bowl four times (2012, 2015, 2016, 2017). Whitworth won the NFLPA Alan Page Community Award in 2019 and was named Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year in 2021. He is currently an analyst on Amazon’s Thursday Night Football team.

Whitworth joins a 2024 SEC Football Legends class that excelled on the playing field and helped write the sport’s rich history at their respective institutions, and is the first to include representatives from new members Oklahoma and Texas. This year’s class includes All-Americans, All-SEC selections, Academic All-Americans and NFL standouts and first-round draft picks. The group represents teams that have won SEC championships, claimed Super Bowl titles and been represented in renowned state, school and college football halls.

The class will be honored during the 2024 SEC Football “Weekend of Champions” December 6-7 in Atlanta, Georgia, culminating in the annual SEC Legends Celebration presented by T-Mobile on Friday, December 6 at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta . The group will also be recognized prior to the SEC Football Championship Game, which will be held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday, December 7.

Below is a list of the 2024 SEC Football Legends:

• Alabama – Barrett Jones, offensive lineman, 2009-2012
• Arkansas – Ken Hamlin, Free safety, 2000-2002
• Auburn – Marcus McNeill, Offensive Tackle, 2002-2005
• Florida – Rex Grossman, quarterback, 2000-2002
• Georgia – Terrence Edwards, curator, 1999-2002
• Kentucky – Dicky Lyons Sr., File/Recipient/Universal, 1966-68
• LSU – Andrew Whitworth, offensive tackle, 2002-05
• Ole Miss – Dexter McCluster, Running Back, 2006-09
• Mississippi State – Fletcher Cox, defensive lineman, 2009-2011
• Missouri – Chase Daniel, quarterback, 2005-08
• Oklahoma – Barry Switzer, head coach, 1973-88
• South Carolina – Corey Miller, Defensive end, 1987-90
• Tennessee – Eric Berry, defensive back, 2007-09
• Texas – Vince Young, quarterback, 2002-05
• Texas A&M – Luke Joeckel, Offensive tackle, 2010-12
• Vanderbilt – Ricky Anderson, Punter/Kicker, 1981-84