Many Colorado football fans hope Deion Sanders is ushering in a new golden age of Colorado football. Still, before the current era under Coach Prime began, there were the Colorado teams of the early 1990s.
On Monday, the golden era of CU football was honored with Eric Bieniemy and Chris Hudson being named to the 2026 College Football Hall of Fame ballot.
Bieniemy, Colorado’s all-time leading rusher, was the driving force behind the Buffaloes’ 1990 national championship. That season, he earned a unanimous first-team All-American and finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting. Bieniemy still owns eight school records and was a two-time All-Big Eight selection.
Chris Hudson, a cornerstone piece of Colorado’s defense in the early 1990s, was a consensus first-team All-American in 1994 and won the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation’s top defensive back. Hudson finished his college career with 141 tackles, 15 interceptions (two returned for touchdowns) and 20 pass breakups.
Their nominations continue a proud tradition for Colorado, which has seen recent inductees such as Deon Figures (2025), Rashaan Salaam (2022) and Michael Westbrook (2020).
The 2026 Hall of Fame class will be officially inducted during the 68th NFF Annual Awards Dinner in December.
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