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Colorado Football: Rashaan Salaam and the best running backs in Buffs history

By Travis Wakeman

Nov 21, 2015; Pullman, WA, USA; Colorado Buffaloes helmet sit during a game against the Washington State Cougars during the second half at Martin Stadium. The Cougars won 27-3. Mandatory Credit: James Snook-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 21, 2015; Pullman, WA, USA; Colorado Buffaloes helmet sit during a game against the Washington State Cougars during the second half at Martin Stadium. The Cougars won 27-3. Mandatory Credit: James Snook-USA TODAY Sports /
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No. 2: Rashaan Salaam

If you want to make the case that Salaam is the best running back in Colorado history, I’m not going to argue with you. He certainly had the best individual season a tailback at the school has ever had, topping 2,000 yards rushing in 1994. That led to him being named the Heisman Trophy winner that year.

Salaam ranks third on Colorado’s all-time rushing list with 3,057 yards. He scored 33 touchdowns while posting an average of 113 yards rushing per game, a mark that no other running back in team history comes with 10 yards of.

Salaam suffered an untimely death, but he left Buffs fans with some incredible memories of a tough, hard-nosed runner who could also move so effortlessly at times.

There’s not much more you can say. He was just a great, great player.

Salaam played professionally for the Chicago Bears after they used their first-round pick in the 1995 NFL draft to take him. He would later suit up for both the Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers before resurfacing with the Memphis Maniax of the short-lived XFL.

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