As one Favre seeks to quarterback the Minnesota Vikings to the Super Bowl with a win tonight in the NFC title game, another is on the doorstep of college football’s grandest league.
Dylan Favre, Brett’s nephew, committed to Mississippi State earlier this month after a record-setting career at St. Stanislaus in Bay St. Louis, Miss. In leading the Rock-a-Chaws to the AAAA state championship, Favre threw for 5,539 yards, rushed for 1,228 and accounted for 81 touchdowns.
He also played safety, tallying 16 tackles and an interception in the victory that yielded St. Stanislaus its first state title in 94 seasons of playing football.
“I think the statistics are only half the story,” St. Stanislaus coach Forrest Williams said. “He’s a tremendous leader on the practice field and is very smart in the class room. A lot of people question his stats and how much were made up and whether it was the system, but Dylan is a very special player.”
Favre’s famous uncle is the NFL career leader in passing attempts, completions, yards and touchdowns, and he’s the first 40-year-old quarterback to start a playoff game. The two text each other before games, but when asked about the relationship, Dylan said, “People have always made it out to be a lot bigger than it is.”