Personal
Salaam appeared in ad with Texans teammate Chester Pitts during Super Bowl XLII. In the commercial, he narrates a story regarding he and Pitts while he attended San Diego State University. When at a local grocery store, Salaam said he saw Pitts bagging groceries, was impressed by his size, and convinced him to try out as a walk-on for the SDSU football team. The commercial goes on to show that Pitts was a second-round pick while Salaam was a seventh-round pick.
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