However, the excitement of the game has been tempered by the death of former star Rashaan Salaam. In 1994, Salaam, a once-unheralded running back from San Diego, rushed for 2,055 yards and 24 ...

Today, January 8, bidding begins on the 1994 Heisman Trophy awarded to the late CU Boulder star Rashaan Salaam, who killed himself in a Boulder park circa December 2016. Salaam's brain wasn't ...

Rashaan Salaam, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1994, has died, a family spokesperson said Tuesday. He was 42. Salaam's body was found in a parking lot at Eben G. Fine Park and 911 was called just ...

Rashaan Salaam would want the company. “He would love that,” Khalada Salaam-Alaji, mother of the late CU Buffs icon told me Tuesday when I asked about Travis Hunter and the 2024 Heisman Trophy.

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Former teammates joined family and friends to say goodbye to 1994 Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam on Friday, remembering his warm heart and peaceful spirit.

By Dan Bernstein-- CBSChicago.com senior columnist (CBS) First-round pick Rashaan Salaam was far from the only rookie at Bears mini-camp in the summer of 1995.

Rashaan Salaam breaks through the line against the Bengals on Dec. 10, 1995. Salaam had a terrific rookie season with the Bears in 1995, rushing for 1,074 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Rashaan Salaam accomplished the improbable, rising from playing 8-man football at La Jolla Country Day in San Diego to win the Heisman Trophy in 1994.

Rashaan Salaam remembered at funeral: 'He was just a great teammate' At the same time, they said Salaam had become adept at hiding his pain.

Colorado's Rashaan Salaam poses with the 1994 Heisman Trophy on Dec. 10, 1994, at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York. By Mitchell Byars, The Daily Camera ...

Rashaan Salaam breaks through the line against the Bengals on Dec. 10, 1995. Salaam had a terrific rookie season with the Bears in 1995, rushing for 1,074 yards and 10 touchdowns.

— -- Rashaan Salaam, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1994, has died, a family spokesperson said Tuesday. He was 42. Salaam's body was found in a parking lot at Eben G. Fine Park and 911 was ...