Kansas State football coach Chris Klieman on new NCAA roster limits
Kansas State football coach Chris Klieman talks about his frustration with the upcoming NCAA 105-man roster limits.
Former Kansas State football All-American Terence Newman’s accomplishments already have been widely celebrated with hall of fame inductions from his high school and college alma maters as well as his home state.
But this past week, Newman was nominated for his most prestigious honor yet when the National Football Foundation included him among 79 players on the 2026 ballot for the NFF College Football Hall of Fame.
Newman, a Salina native who played cornerback for K-State from 1999-2002 after redshirting in 1998, left as one of the Wildcats’ all-time greats. In 2002, he not only was a consensus All-American but was also the Big 12 defensive player of the year and winner of the Thorpe Award as the nation’s top defensive back.
Over his 48-game career, the last two as a starter, Newman recorded 134 tackles and 10 interceptions, and he was just the second Wildcat to return both a kickoff and punt for a touchdown in the same season.
Following his senior season at K-State, Newman was the fifth overall player selected in the 2003 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys. He spent 15 seasons in the NFL with the Cowboys (2003-11), Cincinnati Bengals (2012-14) and Minnesota Vikings (2015-17) with two Pro Bowl appearances.
K-State named Newman to its Ring of Honor in 2008, and in 2018 to the K-State Athletics Hall of Fame. He also was an inaugural member of the Salina Central Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019 and in 2021 was enshrined in the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.
As for the College Football Hall of Fame, only seven…
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