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Drew Brees named to Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2024

NFL record-setting passer and Super Bowl XLIV MVP Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints joins a star-studded nine-member group of 2024 "competitors" ballot inductees chosen for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

A two-time NFL Offensive Player of the Year, Brees, the 2006 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year, a Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year and an Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year, Brees led the Saints to three NFC championship games (2006, 2009, 2018) after the franchise had none in its first 39 years of existence and they claimed their only Vince Lombardi trophy with a 31-17 win over the Colts in Super Bowl XLIV on Feb. 7, 2010.

The LSHOF Class of 2024 also includes LSU women's basketball great and eight-time WNBA All-Star Seimone Augustus, mixed martial arts icon Daniel Cormier, 1992 Olympic wrestling gold medalist Kevin Jackson, Tulane basketball legend Perry Clark, McNeese football great Kerry Joseph, three-time state-title high school football coach Frank Monica, Breeders' Cup-winning thoroughbred jockey Ray Sibille, retired Grambling baseball coach Wilbert Ellis, the second-ever recipient of the Louisiana Sports Ambassador Award.

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