NORMAN — Former University of Oklahoma defensive standout Dewey Selmon was announced as a 2022 Orange Bowl Hall of Fame inductee on Wednesday. He is joined in the class by former Miami linebacker Bernard Clark Jr. and former Nebraska defensive end Grant Wistrom.
 
A two-time All-America defensive lineman, Selmon starred for Barry Switzer's Sooners from 1972-75, helping them to national titles his last two seasons. Oklahoma sewed up the 1975 national championship by beating fifth-ranked Michigan 14-6 in the Orange Bowl as Selmon recorded 13 tackles, a figure that still represents the OU bowl game record by a defensive lineman. His Sooners held the Wolverines to 202 offensive yards.
 
The three inductees will be honored at the annual Orange Bowl Coaches Luncheon on Dec. 29 in Miami and will be featured in an on-field ceremony at the 2022 Capital One Orange Bowl on Dec. 30 at Hard Rock Stadium.
 
Selmon is also one of three former Sooners on the 2023 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame (linebacker Rocky Calmus and quarterback Josh Heupel are the others). The announcement of the class will be made in early 2023.
 
Selmon, who was a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American and is a member of the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame, finished his OU 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, which still stands as the single-game school record by a defensive lineman.
 
With Selmon as a starter from 1973-75, OU went 32-1-1. The Sooners allowed just 12.1 points per game in 1973, 8.4 in 1974 and 12.8 in 1975. His 34 career starts were the second most by an OU defensive lineman at the end of his career.
 
Each of Selmon's OU squads finished in the top three of the AP rankings, winding up at No. 2 in 1972, No. 3 in 1973 and No. 1 in 1974 and '75. The Sooners were ranked in the AP Top 5 in 48 of 60 weeks during his career (13 weeks at No. 1 and 19 weeks at No. 2).
 
Selmon was selected in the second round of the 1976 NFL Draft by Tampa Bay. After a seven-year NFL career between the Buccaneers and San Diego Chargers, he returned to Oklahoma to work as an oil and gas consultant, later opening his own construction business.