A Mississippi State football legend has passed away.

Dwight Douglas Lewis, better known as “D.D.,” died at the age of 79 on Tuesday, just one month before his 80th birthday. The former linebacker was a three-year letterman with the Bulldogs and named to the All-SEC team twice (1966 and 1967) and awarded SEC Defensive Player of the Year during his All-American campaign in 1967.

Lewis was selected with the 159th overall pick in the sixth round of the NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys in 1968. He went on to play 13 seasons in the league, all with the Cowboys. Representing the Star, he appeared in five different Super Bowls and became the second Bulldog to ever win the big game after coming out victorious in 1972. He then followed it with his second ring at Super Bowl XII in 1978.

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