Stan Humphries

Connection:  Born in Shreveport, LA.  Attended Southwood High School.

Sport:  Football

Achievements:  Superbowl XXVI Champion with Washington Redskins.  Member of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Stan Humphries quarterbacked Louisiana-Monroe (then Northeast Louisiana University) to the NCAA Division I-AA Championship in 1987 (the only I-AA championship ever won by a Louisiana team) and led the San Diego Chargers to their only Super Bowl appearance in 1995. Played a 10-year NFL career. Humphries led the Chargers to three playoff appearances and ended his career ranked third on the Chargers all-time regular-season passing list. Noted for his toughness and leadership, he was inducted into the Chargers Hall of Fame in 2002. A Shreveport native, he was a prep all-American at Southwood High, signed with LSU, then transferred to ULM. Humphries is a member of the ULM Hall of Fame and one of only two Warhawks football greats to have his number retired.