Dewey Selmon

Bio

A two-time First Team All-American, Dewey Selmon starred for Hall of Fame coach Barry Switzer and the Sooners from 1972-75, helping them to national titles in 1974 and 1975. Oklahoma sewed up the 1975 national championship by beating No. 5 Michigan 14-6 in the Orange Bowl as Selmon recorded 13 tackles, an OU bowl game record by a defensive lineman. His Sooners held the Wolverines to just 202 offensive yards in the game. With Selmon as a starter from 1973-75, OU went a remarkable 32-1-1, boasting four-consecutive top-three final AP rankings at No. 2 in 1972, No. 3 in 1973 and No. 1 in 1974 and 1975. The Sooners allowed just 12.1 points per game in 1973, 8.4 in 1974 and 12.8 in 1975. His teammates included brothers Lee Roy Selmon, a fellow Hall of Fame inductee and a 1975 NFF National Scholar-Athlete, and Lucious Selmon, also a First Team All-American. In 2022, OU unveiled a statue of the three brothers in recognition of their unique contributions to OU. Selmon finished his career with 325 tackles, 25 tackles for loss (for 109 yards), three forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries. In a 16-13 win over Texas in 1974, he registered 22 tackles. He is one of only five OU defensive linemen in school history to record 100-plus tackle seasons twice. A two-time First Team All-Big Eight selection, Selmon contributed to four-straight Big Eight titles by the Sooners. Selmon also excelled in the classroom, earning recognition as a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American and a four-time Academic All-Big Eight selection. He was inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 2010.

Career Highlights

• 1975 Academic All-America
• 1975 All-Conference
• 1975 Consensus All-America
• 1974 Academic All-America
• 1974 All-Conference
• 1974 First Team All-America