14 Facts About Rashaan Salaam

Rashaan Iman Salaam was an American football running back.

Rashaan Salaam played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes from 1992 to 1994, became the fourth college player to tally more than 2,000 rushing yards in a season, and won the Heisman Trophy and Doak Walker Award in 1994.

Rashaan Salaam was picked by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 1995 NFL draft, and played professionally in the National Football League for the Bears and the Cleveland Browns.

Rashaan Salaam ran for over 100 yards in every game except against Christian High of El Cajon, coached by Dale Peterson.

Rashaan Salaam was recognized as a high school All-American, and was later inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame.

Rashaan Salaam attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, where he played for the Buffaloes from 1992 to 1994.

Rashaan Salaam played for the Bears from 1995 to 1997.

Rashaan Salaam spent 1999 with the Cleveland Browns and the Green Bay Packers, but only played in two games for the Browns that year.

Rashaan Salaam briefly played in the XFL for the Memphis Maniax in 2001, but injury cut his season short and the league folded after one season.

Rashaan Salaam launched what appeared to be a final attempt at an NFL career in 2002, beginning with a much publicized training at the Cris Carter Speed School.

Rashaan Salaam was picked up by the San Francisco 49ers in 2003, but was released in the penultimate round of cuts in August, despite receiving accolades from head coach Dennis Erickson.

Rashaan Salaam was signed by the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League on February 20,2004, but was suspended by the Argos in May, ending his football career.

On December 5,2016,42-year-old Salaam was found dead in a city park in Boulder, Colorado.

Rashaan Salaam's family did not consent to neuropathological tests that would have revealed whether he had previously sustained chronic head trauma, such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy.