Salmon entered the game and made four field goals from greater than 38 yards and was named Pac-10 Player of the week.

Salmon backed up the two NFC pro bowl safeties Merton Hanks and Tim MacDonald in San Francisco.

Salmon had four interceptions in two years with Rhein Fire where he was later named to the All World League First-team at Free Safety and team captain.

[2] In 2012, Mike Salmon had his football jersey retired at Greenway High School in Phoenix, Arizona.

[citation needed] He lives in Newport Beach, California with his wife, Nina, and three children (Jack, Nick, and Brooke).

[citation needed] Salmon serves as vice chairman of the board of directors of the Lott Trophy, an annual college football award given to a defensive player that exhibits excellence on and off the field.

[3] Salmon received two degrees Bachelor's degree in Urban and Regional Planning and Communications from the University of Southern California, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and named to the All Phi Delta Theta football team all four years he played.