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Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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Born: | San Diego, California, U.S. | October 8, 1974||||||||||||||
Died: | December 5, 2016 Boulder, Colorado, U.S. | (aged 42)||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school: | La Jolla Country Day (San Diego) | ||||||||||||||
College: | Colorado (1992–1994) | ||||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1995 / round: 1 / pick: 21 | ||||||||||||||
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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. He was picked by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 1995 NFL draft, and played professionally for the Bears and the Cleveland Browns. Salaam died by suicide on December 5, 2016.[1]