Colorado hires Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk as RB coach after FBS-worst rushing effort in 2024
Colorado hired Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Marshall Faulk as its running backs coach, the school announced Thursday night.
Faulk was the NFL MVP in 2000 and earned All-Pro honors six times. He is the third member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame on the Colorado staff, joining head coach Deion Sanders and Warren Sapp, who is a senior quality control analyst.
One of the greatest to ever play the game.
Welcome our new Running Backs Coach, Marshall Faulk, to Colorado!#GoBuffs pic.twitter.com/pv2z0SB2w8
— Colorado Buffaloes Football (@CUBuffsFootball) February 7, 2025
Faulk is also a member of the College Football Hall of Fame for his career at San Diego State, where he earned first-team All-America honors three times. He was the No. 2 pick in the 1994 NFL Draft.
Faulk retired from the NFL in 2007 and moved into media, spending several years as an NFL Network analyst. In 2017, the network suspended him, along with multiple other employees, after a former NFL Network wardrobe stylist sued the league's media arm, alleging sexual harassment. The NFL Network settled the lawsuit in 2018.
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Colorado went 9-4 in Sanders' second season this past year, including 7-2 in Big 12 play. The Buffaloes saw wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter win the Heisman Trophy. Hunter and outgoing quarterback Shedeur Sanders are both projected to be high first-round NFL Draft picks this spring.
But the Buffs finished dead last in the Football Bowl Subdivision in rushing, ranked 134th with just 65.1 yards per game and 133rd with 2.48 yards per carry, which includes sacks. Their 341 rushing attempts ranked 128th. Colorado also finished in the bottom 10 in rushing in Sanders' first season in 2023.
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