Back to search

Percy Snow

Linebacker

Inducted 2013

Date of Birth

11/5/1967

Birthplace

Canton, OH

School

Michigan State University (1986-1989)

Bio

The first player in college football history to win both the Butkus and Lombardi trophies in the same season, Percy Snow served as the backbone of Michigan State’s famed “Gang Green” defense in the late 1980s. Voted a unanimous first-team All-American selection as a senior, Snow led the team in tackles for three consecutive seasons, and ranked second all-time in total tackles (473) at MSU. Snow was a three-time all-conference selection, helping the Spartans to the 1987 Big Ten title and a 1988 Rose Bowl win in which he earned MVP honors after recording 17 tackles against Southern California. He also led MSU to the Gator and Aloha bowls under head coach George Perles after the 1988 and 1989 seasons, respectively. The winner of the MSU “Governor of Michigan” award as the team MVP, he reached double figures in tackles 11 times as a senior, including a career-high 23 versus Illinois. Selected in the first round of the 1990 NFL Draft by Kansas City, Snow played in the NFL for four seasons with the Chiefs and Chicago Bears. The Canton, Ohio, native was inducted into the Michigan State Hall of Fame in 2010.