Rashaan Salaam Biography

Rashaan Salaam was an American football player best remembered as a running back in NFL during the 1990s when he played for the Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns. He also played football at the University of Colorado and was a member of the Colorado Buffaloes football team. Having been a unanimous first-team All-American, Salaam was the youngest footballer in the NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards. He was the winner of 1994 Heisman Trophy as well as the ‘Sporting News Player of the Year’. He also won the Doak Walker Award and Walter Camp Award during his career. In addition, the great American football player was honoured with the title ‘NFC Rookie of the Year’ in 1995. He was also inducted into the Colorado University's Athletic Hall of Fame. Unfortunately Salaam died in December 2016, of an apparent suicide, at the age of 42.