Famous Former FFA Members

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Famous Former FFA Members
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Orion Samuelson

• Host of U.S. Farm Report
• Originally from the La Crosse Area
• Radio Hall of Fame 2003

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Jim Davis

• Creator of Garfield
• Former Chapter President
• Indiana

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Trace Adkins

• Country Music Artist
• Louisiana

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Matthew Fox

• Actor
• Lost
• Wyoming

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Richard Tuff Hedeman

• Prof. Bull Rider
• Texas
• Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame

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Don Henley

• Rock Star
• Former member of The Eagles
• Texas

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Jared Hess

• Writer/Director
• Napoleon Dynamite
• Idaho

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Lyle Lovett

• Country singer
• Texas

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Tim McGraw

• Country Singer
• Louisiana

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Eddie Montgomery

• Country Singer
• Montgomery Gentry
• Kentucky

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Willie Nelson

• Country Singer
• Texas
• Farm-Aid founding member

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Tom Wopat

• Luke Duke on Dukes of Hazzard
• Lodi, Wisconsin

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Roger Breske

• Wisconsin State Senator
• Wittenberg, Wisconsin (hometown of your Ag
  Teacher)

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Toby Keith

• Country Music Star
• Oklahoma

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Jimmy Carter

• Former President
• Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2002
• Georgia

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Rulon Gardner

• Olympic Gold Medallist, Greco-Roman Wrestling
  2000
• Wyoming

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Bo Jackson

• Football and Baseball player
• Heisman Trophy winner
• Alabama

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Sterling Martin

• NASCAR driver
• 2 time Daytona 500 winner
• Tennessee

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Mark Tauscher

• Badgers
• Packers
• Tackle/Guard
• Auburndale, WI

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Jordy Nelson

• Professional football player (wide receiver),
  Green Bay Packers
• Kansas Riley County FFA Chapter

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Taylor Swift

• Country music entertainer/recording artist
• Tennessee Hendersonville FFA Chapter

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Jim Ross

• WWE Hall of Fame commentator
• Westville, Oklahoma Former state FFA vice
  president (1970-71)

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Chris Colfer

• Actor (Kurt Hummel on Glee)
• California Clovis FFA Chapter

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Zac Brown

• Country music entertainer/recording artist with
  the Zac Brown Band
• Georgia Lumpkin County FFA Chapter