Congratulations to San Diego State University alum Marshall Faulk, elected in his first year of eligibility to the NFL Hall of Fame! One of the most heavily decorated Aztec athletes of all time, Marshall Faulk was the first Aztec named first-team All-American by the Associated Press. He accomplished the feat three times, and left SDSU holding 19 school records, including career rushing yards (4,589). He ran for an NCAA-record 386 yards in one game. Faulk, runner-up for the 1992 Heisman Trophy, holds every SDSU career and single season rushing record but one. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts as the number two choice in the first round of the 1994 NFL Draft, and was named AFC Rookie of the Year in 1994. He won a Super Bowl with the Rams in 1999. Faulk is the only player to accumulate 12,000 rushing yards and 6,000 receiving yards in a career. He earned four Pro Bowl trips, three Offensive Player of the Year Awards, and the 2000 NFL MVP Award. To see more about Faulk's amazing career at SDSU, consult the sports pages of the Daily Aztec from the early 1990s. These are available in Special Collections and University Archives, or in Microforms. Coming soon: a keyword-searchable digital version of the full run of Daily Aztecs and the newspaper's predecessors! Be on the lookout here for news of this digital version this spring.
February 8, 2011
A Fitting Football Season Ender
Congratulations to San Diego State University alum Marshall Faulk, elected in his first year of eligibility to the NFL Hall of Fame! One of the most heavily decorated Aztec athletes of all time, Marshall Faulk was the first Aztec named first-team All-American by the Associated Press. He accomplished the feat three times, and left SDSU holding 19 school records, including career rushing yards (4,589). He ran for an NCAA-record 386 yards in one game. Faulk, runner-up for the 1992 Heisman Trophy, holds every SDSU career and single season rushing record but one. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts as the number two choice in the first round of the 1994 NFL Draft, and was named AFC Rookie of the Year in 1994. He won a Super Bowl with the Rams in 1999. Faulk is the only player to accumulate 12,000 rushing yards and 6,000 receiving yards in a career. He earned four Pro Bowl trips, three Offensive Player of the Year Awards, and the 2000 NFL MVP Award. To see more about Faulk's amazing career at SDSU, consult the sports pages of the Daily Aztec from the early 1990s. These are available in Special Collections and University Archives, or in Microforms. Coming soon: a keyword-searchable digital version of the full run of Daily Aztecs and the newspaper's predecessors! Be on the lookout here for news of this digital version this spring.
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