BATON ROUGE (April 23, 2024) – Trailblazing Alcorn State University fullback John Robert "Jack" Spinks, the first African American football player from Mississippi to be drafted into the NFL, will posthumously receive the Roscoe Nance Lifetime Achievement Award here on May 18, 2024, during the Annual Southwestern Athletic Conference Alumni Association Legends Awards and Roast. The event, which will honor several individuals who have made their marks on the landscape of college sports, will be held at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Baton Rouge, starting at 7 p.m. Tickets to the event have already sold out. Spinks, a native of...