Running back, Texas Tech, to 1996

Byron Hanspard

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Byron Hanspard played running back at Texas Tech (to 1996). He won the 1996 Doak Walker Award. He finished sixth in the 1996 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1996. The Atlanta Falcons took Hanspard in round 2, No. 41 overall in the 1997 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1996
Doak Walker Award, Consensus All-American and 1 more
Heisman vote
6th
In the 1996 vote
Drafted
No. 41
Round 2, 1997 NFL Draft (Atlanta Falcons)

Honors

Team titles: SWC champions, 1994

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.

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