The College Football Hall of Fame has been pretty welcoming to Kansas State in the last decade, inducting three former Wildcats with head coach Bill Snyder (2015), running back Darren Sproles (2021) and quarterback Michael Bishop (2023).
Now, they’re trying to get a defensive player in the mix.
Legendary cornerback Terence Newman is the lone Kansas State player on the ballot in 2024, with voting through July 1 for induction in 2025.
Newman, a Salina, Kansas, native, won the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation’s top college defensive back in 2002 along with being named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and a unanimous Associated Press All-American. That season, he also led the Big 12 in kickoff return average (28.5) and became just the second player in school history to score a touchdown on a kickoff return and a punt return.
The Dallas Cowboys selected Newman at No. 5 overall in the 2003 NFL Draft. He played 15 seasons in the NFL for three different teams and was a two-time Pro Bowler, with approximately $61 million in career earnings.
