Chucky Mullins

Roy Lee "Chucky" Mullins (July 8, 1969 – May 6, 1991) was an American college football cornerback who played for the Ole Miss Rebels.

Mullins was injured on October 28, 1989, during the Ole Miss Rebels homecoming game against the Vanderbilt Commodores.

After being airlifted to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, Mullins underwent a tracheotomy and five-hour bone graft operation to fuse the vertebrae.

Soon, Ole Miss established the "Chucky Mullins Trust Fund" to properly manage the donations.

Less than a year after returning to school, Mullins was stricken by a pulmonary embolism, which are blood clots formed by inactivity and poor circulation.

Chucky's number 38 was retired on September 3, 2006, in a pregame ceremony before the Rebels victory over the Memphis Tigers.

Mullins' #38 was retired by Vanderbilt in his honour