Johnie Cooks, Giants Super Bowl winner, dead at 64

Johnie Cooks, a linebacker who starred at Mississippi State before going on to a 10-year NFL career, died on Thursday.

He was 64.

“When you think of Mississippi State Football, you think of legends like Johnie Cooks,” Mississippi State head coach Zach Arnett wrote on Twitter. “The Bulldog Family lost an all-time great today. On behalf of our program, we extend our condolences to the Cooks family.”

Johnie Cooks #98 of the New York Giants looks on against the Philadelphia Eagles

Johnie Cooks won Super Bowl 25 with the Giants.

A cause of death was not announcement

The Baltimore Colts made Cooks the No. 2 overall selection in the 1982 NFL Draft.

He finished sixth in Defensive Rookie of the Year voting in the strike-shortened 1982 season and went on to play six-plus seasons for the Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts.

He spent time with the New York Giants and Cleveland Browns to finish his career, playing on the Giants team that beat the Buffalo Bills, 20-