Ex-Alabama DB Langham named to SEC Legends class

September 22, 2009

By Ken Rogers

Antonio Langham is Alabama’s representative in the 2009 SEC Football Legends Class, which will be honored at this year’s SEC Championship Game weekend in Atlanta.

The league began honoring one standout from each school beginning in 1994.

Langham, a two-time All-America pick, played defensive back for the Crimson Tide from 1990-93. He is the school’s only winner of the Jim Thorpe Award, which is presented to college football’s best defensive back.

He was the MVP of the inaugural SEC Championship Game in 1992. His interception and 27-yard return for a touchdown lifted Alabama over Florida. He holds the school record with 19 career interceptions.

Langham is in this SEC Legends class with Arkansas running back Gary Anderson, Auburn linebacker Quentin Riggins, Florida receiver Reidel Anthony, Georgia tackle Matt Stinchcomb, Kentucky linebacker Jim Kovach, LSU linebacker Michael Brooks, Ole Miss quarterback Jimmy Lear, Mississippi State quarterback Billy Stacy, South Carolina quarterback Tommy Suggs, Tennessee quarterback Heath Shuler and Vanderbilt linebacker Jamie Duncan.

Other Alabama players in the SEC Legends are Lee Roy Jordan, Harry Gilmer, Billy Neighbors, John Hannah, Holt Rast, Johnny Musso, Dwight Stephenson, Joe Namath, Vaughn Mancha, Jeremiah Castille, Bob Baumhower, Cornelius Bennett, Steve Sloan, Ken Stabler and Bart Starr.