Tarleton State University Athletics

Derrick Ross dominated the gridiron during his two-year career at Tarleton. The Huntsville native quickly rose to the top of the Tarleton record books as he guided the Texans to 14 wins in two seasons. In his first game with the Texans, he set the single-game rushing record with 260 yards against New Mexico Highlands and never looked back. Ross had four 200-yard rushing games in his career, the most in school history, set a single-season school record with 22 rushing touchdowns in his debut season. At the time of his induction, Ross had two of the highest single-season rushing totals in school history with 1,560 yards as a junior and 1,512 yards as a senior. Ross was the only player in school history to average over 100 yards rushing in a career and he averaged 153.6 yards per game. The two-time All-American ran for 3,072 yards which ranked third on the school's all-time rushing list at the time of his induction. He scored 39 rushing touchdowns in his career. Ross went on to have a stint in the NFL with the Kansas City Chiefs and then a Hall of Fame-caliber career in the Arena Football League where he's the all-time leader in rushing yards and touchdowns.