Rashaan Salaam, whose body was found in Boulder on Dec. 5, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head, the coroner's office reported Thursday.
The Boulder County Coroner's Office reported that the autopsy showed the cause of Salaam's death was a gunshot wound to the head.
Salaam, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1994, was 42. He was picked in the first round of the 1995 draft, 21st overall, by the Chicago Bears.
His body was found in a parking lot at Eben G. Fine Park, which is less than two miles from Folsom Field, where Salaam starred as a running back for the University of Colorado Buffaloes.