(AP) -- The Southeastern Conference 2012 Football Legends Class includes 14 former SEC stars who have made a name for themselves as great athletes on the playing field.
The conference is announcing the legends from its Eastern Division schools today .
Missouri's Johnny Roland will be among those honored.
Johnny Roland, Defensive Back/Running Back/Kick Return, 1962, 64-65
One of the top two-way players in Mizzou history, who began his career for Dan Devine as a running back, but switched as a junior to defensive back, where he won All-American honors as a senior in 1965 when he led the Tigers to an 8-2-1 record and a 20-18 win over Florida, in the 1966 Sugar Bowl.
He was a three-time All-Big Eight selection, once as a running back (1962), and twice as a defensive back (1964-65). He had six interceptions in 1965 when he won All-American honors, and he also returned punts and kickoffs and came in on offense in red zone situations quite often.
As a sophomore in 1962, he was MU's leading rusher with 830 yards (7th in the NCAA that year), and scored 78 points (9th in the NCAA).
His #23 jersey number was retired after his playing days, and he was a 1998 inductee in the NFF Hall of Fame.
He went on to a stellar 8-year career in the NFL, where he won Rookie of the Year honors with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1966.
Roland then coached for nearly 30 years in the league before his retirement.
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