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Greg Favors

Mississippi State · Edge Rusher · 1994-97

PRS
76
SPD
65
STR
68

Game attribute ratings

Scouting Report

Favors was a first-team all-conference pick in 1997.

In the Mississippi State record book, Favors ranks No. 8 in career sacks. Favors's 1996 season ranks No. 4 in program history for sacks.

Favors was the No. 120 overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 74 overall, the 3rd-highest edge rusher rating at Mississippi State since 1990 and No. 50 among all edge rushers of the 1995-1999 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 1997
    • First-team all-conference
  2. 1998
    • No. 120 overall pick, NFL Draft

Mississippi State Record Book

  • No. 8 in career sacks
  • No. 4 in single-season sacks (1996)

Top-10 entries in the program's career and single-season lists.

Mississippi State Teammates

  1. 86Fred Smoot1999-2000CB
  2. 80Barrin Simpson1999LB
  3. 74Ashley Cooper1999CB
  4. 74Dwayne Curry1993-96LB
  5. 74Walt Harris1992-95CB
  6. 72Edward Smith1998EDGE
  7. 72Eric Moulds1993-95WR
  8. 72J.J. Johnson1998RB
  9. 72Reggie Kelly1998TE
  10. 72Robert Bean1999CB

Full Mississippi State all-time roster

Top Edge Rushers of the 1995-1999 Era

  1. 91Corey MooreVirginia Tech · 1996-99EDGE
  2. 91Corey SimonFlorida State · 1996-99EDGE
  3. 91Grant WistromNebraska · 1994-97EDGE
  4. 91Tedy BruschiArizona · 1992-95EDGE
  5. 90Andre CarterCalifornia · 1997-2000EDGE
  6. 90Courtney BrownPenn State · 1996-99EDGE
  7. 90Dwight FreeneySyracuse · 1998-2001EDGE
  8. 90Jamal ReynoldsFlorida State · 1997-2000EDGE

Best college edge rushers since 1990Best SEC players

Sources: Wikipedia (Greg Favors) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.