Mississippi State counted 24 alumni, including 19 players, on NFL rosters, coaching staffs and in other league roles in a Week 10 preview published Sunday. The calendar listed several former Bulldogs for games Sunday and Monday, Nov. 15-16.
Among the players named were six Pro Bowlers: Chris Jones, a seven-time selection; Dak Prescott and Jeffery Simmons, four-time selections; Elgton Jenkins, a two-time selection; and Logan Cooke and Montez Sweat. Simmons, Sweat, Charles Cross and Emmanuel Forbes Jr. were identified as first-round draft picks. Cross, Jones and Willie Gay Jr. were listed as Super Bowl champions.
Jones was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week after recording two sacks in Week 9, according to the preview. Prescott was the 2016 NFC Offensive Rookie of the Year and the 2022 Walter Payton Man of the Year.
The schedule listed Jones and Kansas City at Atlanta at noon Sunday on CBS. Houston was set to visit Cleveland at noon on Fox, with Woody Marks listed for the Texans and Jenkins for the Browns. Other Bulldogs on the Sunday slate included Gay and Seydou Traore with Miami at Indianapolis, Martin Emerson and Decamerion Richardson with New Orleans against Carolina, Cooke with Jacksonville at Tennessee, Forbes with the Los Angeles Rams at Arizona, Albert Reese IV with Arizona, and Cross with Seattle at Las Vegas.
Prescott and Tyrus Wheat were listed for Dallas against San Francisco at 3:25 p.m. Sunday on Fox. Brenen Thompson was listed for the Los Angeles Chargers’ Monday game at Baltimore, scheduled for ESPN and ABC.
Mississippi State alumni also held NFL staff roles. Stephen Adegoke was Houston’s safeties coach, Fred Walker was an offensive assistant in Jacksonville, and K.J. Wright coached linebackers for San Francisco. DeAndre Ward Sr. was an assistant strength and conditioning coach in Tampa Bay, while Dr. Allen Sills was the NFL’s chief medical officer. Davon Booth, Jaden Crumedy and Nathaniel Watson were listed on practice squads; Watson was on the injured list.
