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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Southeastern Conference announced on Thursday its 2023 SEC Football Legends class presented by T-Mobile, including former Arkansas Razorback All-American Dick Bumpas. The group of former football standouts will be honored at events surrounding the SEC Football Championship Game in Atlanta in December.
Bumpas was an AP first-team All-America selection in 1970 and All-Southwest Conference honoree that same year as a three-year letterwinner for Arkansas (1968-70) at defensive tackle. In 1970, he led the defense on a team that went 9-2 and finished second in the SWC. He recorded 53 tackles that season for the league’s top defense and was the MVP of the Blue-Gray Game. After graduating from Arkansas, he played professionally in the Canadian and World Football Leagues. Bumpas served as the Arkansas Defensive Line coach for the 1989 season. In his 38 collective years of coaching, Bumpas won championships in four conferences, and he was a three-time Broyles Award finalist (top assistant coach in the nation). Bumpas retired from coaching following the 2014 season. He is a member of the University of Arkansas Sports Hall of Honor and the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame.
The class will be honored at the 2023 SEC Football “Weekend of Champions” Dec. 1-2 in Atlanta highlighted by the annual SEC Legends Celebration presented by T-Mobile on Friday, Dec. 1, 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, Dec. 2.
The 2023 Football Legends Class includes 14 former stars who excelled on the gridiron and helped write the rich history of the sport at their respective institutions. This year’s class includes All-Americans, All-SEC selections, Academic All-Americans and NFL standouts. The group represents teams that won SEC Championships, won Super Bowl titles and are represented in state, school and college football halls of fame.
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