Dewey Selmon, 1986
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NG, Oklahoma, to 1975

Dewey Selmon

Born
Nov 19, 1953, in Eufaula, Oklahoma

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Dewey Selmon played at Oklahoma (to 1975). He was a consensus All‑American in 1975. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Selmon in round 2, No. 60 overall in the 1976 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2024.

At a glance

Best season
1975
Consensus All-American and First-team All-Big Eight
Drafted
No. 60
Round 2, 1976 NFL Draft (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Honors

Team titles: Big Eight champions, 1973, 1974 and 1975; National champions, 1974 and 1975

All-America: consensus 1975; Football News 1974

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

Second-team All-Pro (AP): 1979

All-Pro teams: AP second team 1979.

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

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