Takeo Spikes to be Honored

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Auburn football legend to be inducted into HS Hall of Fame

Published: Mar. 12, 2024, 10:30 a.m.

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Auburn football legend to be inducted into national high school Hall of Fame

Auburn linebacker Takeo Spikes (55) gets ready to lead Auburn onto the field for an SEC game against Ole Miss on Sept. 13, 1997, at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn. Spikes, a Georgia native, will be inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame this summer.(Dave Martin/AP Photo)

Former Auburn University star linebacker Takeo Spikes is one of four former high school standout who will be inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame this summer.

Spikes played tight end and linebacker for Washington County High in Sandersville, Ga., and led the team to a 15-0 record and a state championship in 1994. During his high school career, Spikes helped Washington County to a 41-3 overall record.

On offense, Spikes caught 40 passes – 22 of which went for touchdowns – for 751 yards. On defense, he made 238 tackles, including 33 for a loss, and also had three interceptions and a pair of blocked punts. He was a Parade All-America selection as a senior.

In a 2007 Atlanta Journal-Constitution ranking of the state’s best all-time high school football players, Spikes ranked No. 7.

“In my observation, which goes beyond 40-plus years, I have never witnessed a better high school player in any classification than Takeo Spikes,” said Rick Tomberlin, Spikes’ high school football coach, said in an NFHS release. “Takeo was our team leader, our bell cow. Takeo was the best team leader I have every observed.”

Spikes also earned four track and field letters in high school. He went on to be a three-year starter and two-time All-SEC selection at Auburn. He left after his junior season and was selected 13th overall by the Cincinnati Bengals. He played 15 years in the NFL, recording 29 sacks and 19 interceptions. Spikes already has been inducted into the Alabama and Georgia Sports Halls of Fame.

The other athletes who will join Spikes as inductees into the NFHS Hall of Fame are former major league baseball star Joe Mauer (St. Paul, Minn.), former Michigan running back Tyrone Wheatley (Dearborn Heights Robichaud High) and Smithville, Miss., basketball standout Dot Ford Burrow. She averaged nearly 50 points a game in 1949-50. Her grandson is Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow.

The induction ceremony, which also includes four coaches, two state administrators and a contest official, is set for July 1 in Boston, Mass.

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Takeo’s neck is already in the Hall of Fame.  
He flexed his neck one time and caused a tsunami!

Chuck Norris and Wade Christopher are now both doing commercials for Takeo’s neck.  

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1 hour ago, aubiefifty said:

al.com

Auburn football legend to be inducted into HS Hall of Fame

Published: Mar. 12, 2024, 10:30 a.m.

3–4 minutes

Sports

Auburn football legend to be inducted into national high school Hall of Fame

Auburn linebacker Takeo Spikes (55) gets ready to lead Auburn onto the field for an SEC game against Ole Miss on Sept. 13, 1997, at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn. Spikes, a Georgia native, will be inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame this summer.(Dave Martin/AP Photo)

Former Auburn University star linebacker Takeo Spikes is one of four former high school standout who will be inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame this summer.

Spikes played tight end and linebacker for Washington County High in Sandersville, Ga., and led the team to a 15-0 record and a state championship in 1994. During his high school career, Spikes helped Washington County to a 41-3 overall record.

On offense, Spikes caught 40 passes – 22 of which went for touchdowns – for 751 yards. On defense, he made 238 tackles, including 33 for a loss, and also had three interceptions and a pair of blocked punts. He was a Parade All-America selection as a senior.

In a 2007 Atlanta Journal-Constitution ranking of the state’s best all-time high school football players, Spikes ranked No. 7.

“In my observation, which goes beyond 40-plus years, I have never witnessed a better high school player in any classification than Takeo Spikes,” said Rick Tomberlin, Spikes’ high school football coach, said in an NFHS release. “Takeo was our team leader, our bell cow. Takeo was the best team leader I have every observed.”

Spikes also earned four track and field letters in high school. He went on to be a three-year starter and two-time All-SEC selection at Auburn. He left after his junior season and was selected 13th overall by the Cincinnati Bengals. He played 15 years in the NFL, recording 29 sacks and 19 interceptions. Spikes already has been inducted into the Alabama and Georgia Sports Halls of Fame.

The other athletes who will join Spikes as inductees into the NFHS Hall of Fame are former major league baseball star Joe Mauer (St. Paul, Minn.), former Michigan running back Tyrone Wheatley (Dearborn Heights Robichaud High) and Smithville, Miss., basketball standout Dot Ford Burrow. She averaged nearly 50 points a game in 1949-50. Her grandson is Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow.

The induction ceremony, which also includes four coaches, two state administrators and a contest official, is set for July 1 in Boston, Mass.

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Beyond well deserved. One of the best ever at AU. 

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