Billy Cannon, LSU’s lone Heisman winner, to be honored before Ole Miss game

LSU will honor the late Billy Cannon, the school’s only Heisman Trophy winner, with a statue to be unveiled Sept. 28, the night before LSU hosts Ole Miss in Baton Rouge, a nod to Cannon’s Tigers legacy, the university announced Wednesday.

Cannon’s most memorable performance came in his Heisman-winning senior season in 1959 against Ole Miss.

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