Former Southeast Missouri State University football great Kenneth Dement will be honored at halftime of Saturday night's game against Tennessee-Martin at Houck Stadium.
Dement, who earned All-American honors while playing offensive and defensive tackle for Southeast from 1951-54, earned college football's highest honor in August when he was inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame.
At halftime of Saturday's game, which begins at 6 p.m., representatives from the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame will make special presentations to Dement.
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