Eli Manning will headline the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame's 2024 class, along with some other notable names.

Manning, the former Ole Miss quarterback and two-time Super Bowl champion, joins Jackson State's Jimmy Smith Jr., Mississippi State's Jimmy Webb and longtime Madison-Ridgeland Academy boys basketball coach Richard Duease in the class, among others.

The induction weekend will be held Aug. 2-3.

Walter Lanier 'Red' Barber, Columbus

Nicknamed "The Ol' Redhead," Red Barber was a professional radio play-by-play broadcaster who called games for the Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees for a combined 32 years, beginning in 1932. Barber also had stints calling NFL and college games in the 1940s.

Richard Duease, Indianola / MRA

Duease has coached 48 seasons of high school basketball, including 41 at Madison-Ridgeland Academy. He has won 33 state championships and 15 MAIS titles with boys and girls, resulting in a combined 1,801 wins entering this season. Duease is the winningest active boys basketball coach in the country and is the winningest basketball coach in Mississippi history.

Paul Elias, Laurel

Elias is the first professional Bass Fisherman to be selected for the Mississippi Hall of Fame. Elias still competes after starting his career in 1979 and holds the record of catching the heaviest total weight in a four-day five-fish limit tournament with a combined 132 pounds, 8 ounces on Falcon Lake in Texas. Over his career, he has won six tournaments and had 56 top-10 finishes. Elias is widely regarded as one of the innovators in the sport.

Eli Manning, Ole Miss

Manning, who followed father Archie and brother Cooper to Ole Miss, played 43 games at quarterback for the Rebels, producing 10,119 passing yards and 81 touchdowns in his four-year career in Oxford. He was the No. 1 overall pick in 2004 by the San Diego Chargers, and quickly traded to the N.Y. Giants, winning two Super Bowls against Tom Brady's New England Patriots. He was a four-time Pro Bowler during this 16-year NFL career. The Giants and Ole Miss have retired his No. 10 number.

Jimmy Smith Jr., Callaway / Jackson State

Smith, who moved to Jackson at a young age, attended Callaway High School and played his collegiate career as a wide receiver for Jackson State. Smith was drafted as the No. 36 overall pick by the Dallas Cowboys in 1992, where he won two Super Bowls. He had a stint with the Philadelphia Eagles and was later picked up by the Jacksonville Jaguars, being selected for five Pro Bowls upon finishing his 12-year career in 2005.

Savanté Stringfellow, Provine / Ole Miss

Stringfellow attended Provine High School, where he excelled in track and field. Stringfellow competed in hurdles, long jump and high jump. Attending Ole Miss, where he is enshrined in the Rebels Hall of Fame, he was mentored by Hall of Fame coach Joe Walker. He won three long jump NCAA titles and was a six-time All-American. He qualified for the U.S. Olympic squad in 2000 and competed in the long jump. Stringfellow has won championships in the U.S., Canada, Hungary, Australia, Monaco and France.

Becky Vest, Provine

Attending Provine, Vest won five state titles in 1965 and chose to attend Trinity University, with limited schools offering women's tennis. Vest turned pro after college and participated in the French Open and Wimbledon tournaments. Vest primarily played most of her professional career overseas on the European tour. Her mother, Dorothy Vest, also an inductee in the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, which makes them the first mother-daughter duo to be inducted.

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Jimmy Webb, Florence / Mississippi State

Webb attended Florence High School and later committed to play football at Mississippi State as a defensive tackle. While in Starkville, Webb was selected All-America, All-SEC and All-Academic. Webb was selected No. 10 overall in the 1975 draft. He played six seasons in the NFL for the San Fransisco 49ers and the San Diego Chargers. While in his second year with the 49ers, Webb enrolled at the DVM college at Mississippi State and earned his veterinarian science degree. Webb is also enshrined in Mississippi State's M-Club Hall of Fame.

Michael Chavez covers high school sports, among others, for the Clarion-Ledger. Email him at [email protected] or reach out to him on X, formerly Twitter @MikeSChavez.

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