Former Ole Miss All-American Ken Lucas is among 14 football greats honored by the Southeastern Conference as the 2015 SEC Football Legends class, the league office announced Tuesday.

The collection of former football standouts will be honored at events surrounding the SEC Football Championship Game in Atlanta in December. This year’s class includes All-Americans, All-SEC selections and Academic All-Americans as well as NCAA and SEC record holders.  The group represents teams that won National and SEC Championships and are represented in state, school and college football halls of fame.

As a senior in 2000, Lucas earned All-America and All-SEC honors, leading the nation with an Ole Miss-record 30 passes defended while also leading the Rebels with five interceptions. In 2000, he anchored a secondary that ranked first in the SEC and ninth nationally in pass efficiency defense.

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A native of Cleveland, Mississippi, Lucas was a Rebel letterman from 1997-2000 and helped lead Ole Miss to four straight bowl games. He was selected in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks and played five years with the Seahawks and four years with the Carolina Panthers. He finished his NFL career with 529 tackles and 25 interceptions.

Lucas was inducted into the Ole Miss M-Club Athletics Hall of Fame last year.