Defensive tackle, Oklahoma, 1972–75
Lee Roy Selmon
- Born
- Oct 20, 1954, in Eufaula, Oklahoma
- Died
- Sep 4, 2011
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Lee Roy Selmon played defensive tackle at Oklahoma (1972–75). He won the 1975 Lombardi Award and the 1975 Outland Trophy. He finished ninth in the 1975 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1975. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Selmon first overall in the 1976 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988.
At a glance
Honors
- Inducted 1988College Football Hall of Fame
- Inducted 1995Pro Football Hall of Fame
- 1974, 1975First-team All-Big Eight
- 1975Lombardi Award
- 1975Outland Trophy
- 1975UPI Lineman of the Year
- 1975Consensus All‑American
- 1975Big Eight Defensive Player of the Year
- 1975Ninth in the Heisman vote
Team titles: Big Eight champions, 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975; National champions, 1974 and 1975
All-America: consensus 1975; AP second team 1974; NEA first team 1974; UP second team 1974
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
The teams in those years
- 1972 Oklahoma11–1No. 2 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions
- 1973 Oklahoma10–0–1No. 3 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions
- 1974 Oklahoma11–0No. 1 in the final AP poll; national champions; Big Eight champions
- 1975 Oklahoma11–1No. 1 in the final AP poll; national champions; Big Eight champions
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.
Before the draft
MVP of the 1976 Hula Bowl.
Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
Pro Bowls: 6 (1979–84) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 1979 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 3 (1978, 1980, 1982)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 1979; AP second team 1978, 1980, 1982; Pro Football Writers first team 1979–80, 1982; Sporting News first team 1980; NEA first team 1979–80, 1982; Pro Football Weekly first team 1979; and 1 more.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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