Cowboys great with 42 career INTs selected for College Football Hall of Fame
One of the fixtures of the Cowboys defense throughout most of the 2000s will live on forever at the College Football Hall of Fame.
Cornerback Terence Newman, who played 133 games in a Cowboys uniform under Bill Parcells, Wade Phillips, and Jason Garrett, has been included in the College Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2026, it was announced Wednesday by the National Football Foundation.
Newman will join such notable college standouts as Ki-Jana Carter, Aaron Donald, Marvin Harrison, Garrison Hearst, Mark Ingram, Ndamuknog Suh, and coach Gary Patterson on this year's roster of inductees.
Newman enjoyed a prolific nine-year stint in Dallas, where he was the first draft pick (No. 5 overall) of the Parcells era in 2003 and a Week 1 starter as a rookie. Newman went on to record 32 interceptions (8th in franchise history) and return three for touchdowns while also totaling seven forced fumbles, eight fumble recoveries, a pair of sacks, 122 passes defended, and 545 tackles en route to two Pro Bowl nods while wearing the star.
After the Cowboys, Newman spent three more seasons in Cincinnati and another three in Minnesota, playing for Mike Zimmer, his former Cowboys defensive coordinator, at all three stops.
Newman retired just prior to the 2018 season after a sensational 15-year NFL career. His 42 total interceptions place him in the top 70 on the NFL's all-time list.
One of the greats.
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But it's the four years Newman spent at Kansas State that's earned him this latest accolade. The Salina, Kan. native was the Big 12's Defensive Player of the Year and a unanimous All-American as a senior in 2002, won the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back, and was a finalist for the Nagurski Award as the country's top defensive player. While Newman was at K-State, the Wildcats finished with a national top-10 ranking three times. Newman was also a two-time All-American in track and field.
The Class of 2026 will be officially inducted in December during a ceremony in Las Vegas. The College Football Hall of Fame is located in Atlanta, with fewer than 1,200 players and 250 coaches enshrined, numbers that represent less than .02% of the individuals who have ever played or coached at the college level.
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