Bill Text: MS SC591 | 2018 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Salute former Yazoo City High School and MSU Defensive Tackle Fletcher Cox for winning NFL Super Bowl.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)
Status: (Passed) 2018-02-21 - Enrolled Bill Signed [SC591 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2018-SC591-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2018 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Senator(s) Hopson, Clarke, Barnett, Blackwell, Browning, Dearing, Horhn, Jackson (11th), Jackson (32nd), Simmons (12th), Norwood
Senate Concurrent Resolution 591
(As Adopted by Senate and House)
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SALUTING FORMER YAZOO CITY HIGH SCHOOL AND MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY STANDOUT DEFENSIVE TACKLE FLETCHER COX AS THE LATEST MISSISSIPPIAN TO WIN A SUPER BOWL RING.
WHEREAS, in his first Super Bowl appearance, Cox anchored the defensive line as the Eagles earned their first Super Bowl Championship in franchise history. The Yazoo City native is the 21st former Bulldog to earn a Super Bowl Ring and the first since Dillon Day and the Denver Broncos hoisted the Lombardi Trophy in 2016. In total, Mississippi State alums have claimed 22 Super Bowl Rings; and
WHEREAS, former Mississippi State University Defensive Tackle Fletcher Cox became the latest Bulldog to win a Super Bowl Ring as the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New England Patriots, 41-33, in the 52nd edition of the game on February 4, 2018, inside U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, Fletcher closed the Super Bowl with a tackle and a quarterback pressure during the Patriots' final drive of the game. Over his six seasons in the NFL, Cox racked up nearly 300 tackles and 34 sacks. He was selected to his third consecutive Pro Bowl earlier this year; and
WHEREAS, Fletcher was a 2011 First-Team All-SEC selection at Mississippi State University, recording 14.5 tackles for loss and five sacks in his final season before being selected 12th overall in the 2012 NFL Draft by the Eagles; and
WHEREAS, with the Super Bowl celebration progress, Fletcher said the most satisfying sack of his career was a play he made as a junior at Yazoo City High School. Super Bowl Star Fletcher Cox has never forgotten Yazoo City. In 2007, Yazoo was losing by a touchdown and he got a strip-sack, got the ball and ran it for a touchdown. Cox's touchdown forced overtime against Pearl. Yazoo City won the game, 20-14. "A big-time play," former Yazoo City Head Football Coach Tony Woolfolk told The Clarion Ledger. "We needed it"; and
WHEREAS, it is with great pride that we join the fans of professional football in recognizing a Football Star who has never forgotten his home state and has brought honor to Yazoo City High School, Mississippi State University and to the State of Mississippi:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, That we do hereby salute former Yazoo City High School and Mississippi State University Standout Defensive Tackle Fletcher Cox as the latest Mississippian to win a Super Bowl Ring, and extend our best wishes to Fletcher and his family for future success.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution be presented to Fletcher Cox, forwarded to the President of Mississippi State University and the Principal of Yazoo City High School, and made available to the Capitol Press Corps.
