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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 73
BY SENATOR LONG AND REPRESENTATI VE COX
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend and congratulate Kevin Troy Faulk on being named to the 2015 Louisiana
Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches, Louisiana, each year
collaborates with the Louisiana Sports Writers Association in selecting a limited number of
sports figures who embody the character, skill, and talents worthy of being named to the hall
of fame; and
WHEREAS, the 2015 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class includes
football legend Kevin Troy Faulk; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Faulk was born on June 5, 1976, in Lafayette, Louisiana, and began
his successful football career at Carencro High School in Carencro, Louisiana, where he
helped his team win the 1992 Class 5A State Championship; and
WHEREAS, following high school, he attended Louisiana State University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College, where he immediately became the starting running
back for the school's football team, and in 1996 was voted to the College Football All-
America Team by the Associated Press; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Faulk finished his career at LSU with four thousand five hundred
fifty-seven yards rushing in forty-one games, which was the second best record in
Southeastern Conference history behind the legendary Herschel Walker of Georgia; and
WHEREAS, in 1999, he was selected by the New England Patriots and quickly
earned a reputation as a dependable and speedy running back who could scratch out the
tough yards and as a capable receiver; and
WHEREAS, during his successful career with the Patriots, he won three Super Bowl
rings, rushed for three thousand six hundred and seven yards, caught four hundred thirty-one
passes for three thousand seven hundred and one yards, and scored a total of thirty-one
touchdowns; and
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WHEREAS, he was a stand-out kick returner, averaging over twenty-two yards with
two touchdowns on one hundred eighty-one kickoff returns; and
WHEREAS, On October 9, 2012, Kevin Faulk announced his retirement at a
ceremony at the Hall at Patriot Place; and
WHEREAS, the successful football career of Kevin Troy Faulk has rightly earned
him a place along the many greats in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate Kevin Troy Faulk on being named to the 2015 Louisiana Sports
Hall of Fame Induction Class.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Kevin Troy Faulk.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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