Bacon played four years with the Jackson State Tigers and helped lead the team to the 1962  SWAC championship in his freshman season.
Bacon began his professional career in 1965 with the Charleston (W.Va.) Rockets of the Continental Football League. He spent the 1967 season on the Dallas Cowboys on the reserve squad before joining the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL in 1968.
He teamed with the Fearsome Foursome defensive linemates Deacon Jones, Merlin Olsen, Roger Brown and Lamar Lundy after spending the first half of the season on the practice squad.
Bacon played 13 seasons playing with the Rams, San Diego Chargers, Cincinnati Bengals, and the Washington Football Team.
He was named to three Pro Bowls in his career.

Willard Bailey Coach, Virginia Union University (1971-1983; 1995-2003),
Norfolk State University (1984-1992), Saint Paul’s College (2005-2010), Virginia University of Lynchburg (2011-2013)
Willard Bailey’s coaching career began Essex County High School in Virginia. He went on to have an illustrious 42-year coaching career with an overall record of 238-168 in the CIAA. His teams made six NCAA Division II playoff appearances and won seven Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles.
His Virginia Union teams did not have a losing season in his first stint from 1971 to 1983 and made five consecutive Division II playoff appearances.
Bailey’s teams won 57 games with four conference titles and six Division II playoff appearances. In his second stint at Virginia Union, he showed his ability to rebuild when after going 0-8-2 in 1995, the team went 6-5 two years later and 8-3 three seasons later. When he was at St. Paul’s College, he helped Greg Toler become the school’s first player to be selected in the NFL draft.

Coleman was one of the first African American punters in the NFL and the first punter to be inducted into the Black College Football Hall of Fame.
He had a successful college career at FAMU and went on to play in the NFL. Coleman had a 12-year career in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns, including 10 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, and the Washington Redskins.
He finished in the top five in total punts five times including the 1982 seasons in which he led the league in that category.
Coleman was selected by the fans to be a member of the Viking 40th Anniversary team. Other honors include the Florida A & M Football Hall of Fame (1985) and the State of Florida Track and Field Hall of Fame.

He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Coleman currently is the Minnesota Vikings sideline reporter for KFAN.

One of two Alcorn State Braves inducted into the 2021 class, the two-time All-SWAC tight end won two SWAC championships with the Braves in 1974 and 1976.
He was selected in the third round (70th overall) in the 1977 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers.  Giles would play 13 seasons in the NFL including nine with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers where he made nine Pro Bowl appearances. He finished his career with 350 receptions for 5,084 receiving yards and 41 touchdowns. He was inducted into the Tampa bay Buccaneers Ring of Honor.

Hill was a three-time All-SWAC offensive and defensive lineman Texas Southern.
He was a 11th round pick of the New York Jets in the 1963 AFL Draft. He played 15 seasons (14 with the Jets) and was named to eight Pro Bowls including seven straight from 1967-1973.
He became the left offensive tackle which protected Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath and played a pivotal role for Jets team that won Super Bowl III.
He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2020.

In his three years at Alcorn State, Roynell Young was a three All-SWAC defensive back and an NAIA All-American team. He was inducted into the SWAC Hall of Fame in 2017.
Young was selected 23rd overall in the 1980 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles where he spent his entire nine-year NFL career. He finished with 23 career interceptions making a Super Bowl appearance in his rookie year and a Pro Bowl in his second year.