BOULDER – Rashaan Salaam, Colorado’s 1994 Heisman Trophy winner, will be posthumously honored at Saturday’s CU-UCLA game at Folsom Field with a National Football Foundation On-Campus Salute.
The game at Folsom Field begins at noon and will be televised by the Pac-12 Networks.
“If Rashaan was here, I think he would enjoy this honor and celebration of him being inducted into the National Football College Football of Fame,” said his mother, Khalada Salaam-Alaji.
The NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute program, which began with the inaugural College Football Hall of Fame Class in 1951, has become a hallowed tradition, and to this day the singular events remain the first of numerous activities in the Hall of Fame experience.
The 2022 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be officially inducted during the 64th NFF Annual Awards Dinner Presented by Las Vegas on Dec. 6 at Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. (Click here for more information on the awards dinner, including options to purchase tickets online and special travel rates.)
Saturday’s ceremony will take place between the first and second quarter. A commemorative logo will grace the field and a highlight video will be shown on the scoreboard. NFF president and CEO Steve Hatches, a CU graduate, will present Salaam’s mother and his brother, Kabali, with a commemorative plaque that will be an exact replica of the plaque that will be permanently enshrined in the Hall of Fame.
Joining his mother and brother on the field will be former Buffs teammates Michael Westbrook, Chris Hudson, Derek West and Tony Berti, along with CU Athletic Director Rick George.
“Rashaan Salaam was a legendary running back at Colorado, and he put together a sensational 1994 season when he won the Heisman Trophy,” Hatchell said. “He is truly missed. We are thrilled to pay tribute to his legacy at Folsom Field.”
The winner of the 1994 Heisman Trophy — and still CU’s only Heisman winner — Salaam was just the fourth player in NCAA history to run for 2,000 yards in a season. A unanimous First Team All-American in 1994, Salaam also claimed the Walter Camp and Doak Walker awards.
That season, the 1994 Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year led the nation in…
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