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Rashaan Iman Salaam (October 8, 1974 – December 5, 2016) was an American professional football running back who played for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1990s. Salaam played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes and won the 1994 Heisman Trophy.
Dec 10, 2019 · Salaam is believed to be just the second Heisman winner to take his own life, after Larry Kelley, the Yale end and 1936 winner who shot himself in 2000 at the age of 85, not long after suffering...
Sep 26, 2017 · On Dec. 5, Salaam finally decided he couldn’t take the pain anymore and drove her black 2006 Suzuki Forenza to a park in Boulder for his final act at age 42. According to a police report, he ...
Sep 26, 2017 · BOULDER, Colo. – Boulder police last week provided USA TODAY Sports with 86 pages of reports that detail their investigation into the death of former Colorado and NFL running back Rashaan...
Dec 29, 2016 · Salaam was found dead Dec. 5 in a park near the University of Colorado, where he played from 1992 to 1994, becoming one of the greatest players in the program’s history. He was 42.
Dec 21, 2016 · Rashaan Salaam, the 1994 trophy winner, was found dead this month. Now, many wonder if brain damage and the pressure of living up to Heisman hopes contributed to his end.
Dec 6, 2016 · Rashaan Salaam, a former running back who won the Heisman Trophy in 1994 but whose professional career never lived up to his promise, was found dead on Monday in Boulder, Colo. He was 42.
Dec 6, 2016 · 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.
Dec 10, 2016 · BOULDER, Colo. — Rashaan Salaam was buried here Friday, dead at 42 and carried to his grave by the same teammates who helped him win the Heisman Trophy in 1994.
Dec 29, 2016 · A Colorado coroner says that former Heisman winner, Rashaan Salaam (pictured in 1994), died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Salaam's body was found at a Boulder park on Dec. 5 this year.
