Doug Williams, Grambling State

Appearing at the 1996 banquet were, left to right, Black college alumni Ken Burroughs (Texas Southern/Houston Oilers), Rayfield Wright (Fort Valley State/Dallas Cowboys), and Robert Brazile (Jackson State/Houston Oilers).

Walter Payton, Jackson State
Paul “Tank” Younger, Grambling State

Jerry Rice, Mississippi Valley State
John Stallworth, Alabama A&M
Charlie Joiner, Grambling State

Art Shell, Maryland-Eastern Shore
Ernie Barnes, North Carolina Central
Rayfield Wright, Fort Valley State
Jackie Slater, Jackson State
Larry Little, Bethune-Cookman

Robert Brazile • Jackson State
Harry Carson • South Carolina State
Willie Lanier • Morgan State
Willie Davis, Grambling State
Ed “Too Tall” Jones, Tennessee State
David “Deacon” Jones, South Carolina State, Mississippi Valley State
L. C. Greenwood, Arkansas AM&N

Mel Blount, Southern
Lem Barney, Jackson State
Everson Walls, Grambling State
Donnie Shell, South Carolina State