Our No. 91 player on the list is kind of the forgotten great of the Guilford quarterbacks in the 1980s.
Sean Cook was the backup QB to Jeff "Whitey" Anderson in 1982 when Anderson led the Vikings to the 1982 IHSA Class 5A state title.
Later in the decade, Lenny Williams would go from Guilford to starting for four years at Northwestern before a pro career in the Canadian Football League.
Cook didn't have the high school career of Anderson or the college career of Williams, but he still accomplished enough to land on this list.
Cook took over the Vikings in 1983 and led them to a 6-3 record. Sean finished second in the NIC-10 in passing yardage by eight yards and the league leader, Greg Wallace of Belvidere, needed two playoff games to finish ahead of him. Coaches voted Wallace first team all-conference over Cook.
Cook chose to go Texas Southern, a historically black college in the Southwest Athletic Conference. He was a starter his final two seasons and he essentially rewrote the school record book.
Cook still ranks first all-time in Texas Southern career passing yardage, total offensive yards in a career, total offensive yards in a season, passing yards in a season, passing TDs in a season, total offensive yards in a game and several others.
His best season was his junior year when he threw for 3,065 yards and 28 touchdowns while earning first-team All-SWAC honors. He came back with 1,654 yards passing as a senior and another 13 TDs. Texas Southern was 7-14 Cook's final two seasons.
Cook stayed in the Texas area after graduating. Today, he's the global engineering system processes and scheduling manager at NOV in Houston. NOV is a leading worldwide provider of components for oil and gas drilling.
| No. 91 - Sean Cook, Guilford | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Level | School | Accomplishments | Points |
| 1982 | High School | Guilford | Conference Champion | 1 |
| Playoff Team | 1 | |||
| Final Four | 1 | |||
| State Champion | 1 | |||
| 1983 | High School | Guilford | Winning Team | 1 |
| 1984 | College | Texas Southern | Played in NCAA Division 1A | 3 |
| 1985 | College | Texas Southern | Played in NCAA Division 1A | 3 |
| 1986 | College | Texas Southern | Played in NCAA Division 1A | 3 |
| Starter | 1 | |||
| First Team All-SWAC | 1 | |||
| 1987 | College | Texas Southern | Played in NCAA Division 1A | 3 |
| Texas Southern | Starter | 1 | ||
| Total | 20 | |||
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