Ahmad Rashad
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Running back, Oregon, 1968–⁠71

Ahmad Rashad

Born
Nov 19, 1949, in Portland, Oregon

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Ahmad Rashad played running back at Oregon (1968–⁠71). The St. Louis Cardinals took Rashad in the first round, No. 4 overall in the 1972 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2007.

At a glance

Best season
1971
First-team All-Pac-8
Drafted
No. 4
Overall, 1972 NFL Draft (St. Louis Cardinals)

Honors

All-America: NEA first team 1971; UPI second team 1971; AP third team 1971; Football News 1971; Sporting News 1971; Time 1971

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

In the NFL

Pro Bowls: 4 (1978–⁠81) · Second-team All-Pro: 1979

All-Pro teams: NEA second team 1979.

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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