NFL U 1970-1989

2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#62, 247Sports)
2000 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1989 NFL All-Rookie Team
1988 Consensus All-American 1st Team (ESPN, Walter Camp,
Kodak/Coaches, Scripps Howard; 2nd Team- AP, UPI, Football News)
1988 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1988 Lombardi Award Finalist
1988 UM Mariuto Scholar-Athlete Award
1988 Preseason All-American (Playboy, Street & Smith)
1988 Preseason All-Deep South Majors 1st Team (Street & Smith)
1983 HS All-American 2nd Team

2022 University of Miami Hall of Fame
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#63, 247Sports)
1992 L.A. Rams Offensive Back of the Year
1989 Senior Bowl MVP
1989 East-West Shrine Classic
1988 All-American 1st Team (The Football News)
1988 All-American Honorable Mention (UPI)
1988 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1987 All-American 3rd Team (AP)
1985 Transfer to Miami from Georgia
1983 Parade HS All-American
Also played baseball at Miami^

^Montreal Expos Organization (OF, 1990-91)
California Angels Organization (OF, 1992)
(Offered 6-figure Atlanta Braves contract in 1989 – DNS;
signed instead with Independent League in Miami in ’89)

Part owner of National Indoor Football League (2000s)

2019 Houston/Tenn. Oilers/Titans All-Time Top 100 (#77, USA Today)
1996 Warren Moon Athletic & Community Service Award
(Houston’s United Negro College Fund)
1995 Young African American Achiever Award
(Houston’s Human Enrichment of Life)
1995 Positive Influential African American Male Award
(Houston’s Friends of Friends)
1994 Houston Oilers’ NFL Man of the Year
1991 Ed Block Memorial Courage Award
1991 NFL All-Pro Second Team (AP)
1989 NFL All-Rookie Team
1988 All-American 1st Team (Gannett News Service)
1988 All-American 2nd Team (UPI)
1988 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1987 All-American 3rd Team (AP)

Prairie View A&M – Head coach (2022– ),
Assistant/Interim head coach (2019–2021)

2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#67, 247Sports)
2011 Top 24 Beloved Hurricanes (#23, BleacherReport)
2004 Orange Bowl Hall of Fame
2003 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1987 All-American 2nd Team (Newspaper Ent. Assn.)
1986 All-American Honorable Mention (AP, UPI)
1982 Parade HS All-American

1989 Japan Bowl College All-Star Game
1988 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)
1988 Preseason All-Deep South Majors 1st Team (Street & Smith)

2001 Broyles Award (Top College Asst.)

Miami Hurricanes Asst. Coach (1991-2006)
Miami Hurricanes HC (2007-10)
Florida Gators Asst. HC/DC (2015-16)
Florida Gators Interim HC/DC (2017)

2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#11, 247Sports)
2009 University of Miami Ring of Honor
2001 Orange Bowl Hall of Fame
1999 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1990 Street & Smith’s 50th Anniv. Dream Team Honorable Mention
1988 College Player of Year (The Football News)
1988 Sammy Baugh Trophy
1988 Consensus All-American 1st Team (AP, Football Writers, ESPN,
Football News, Gannett News Service; 2nd Team- UPI)
1988 Heisman Trophy Finalist (4th)
1988 Davey O’Brien Award Runner-up
1988 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1988 University of Miami Team MVP
1988 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)
1988 Preseason All-Deep South Majors (Street & Smith)
1987 University of Miami Team MVP

1988 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

1989 Hula Bowl
1988 All-American Honorable Mention (UPI)
1988 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

1986 Varsity-eligible at Miami
1985 Preseason Top Nat’l. FR. “Cream of the Frosh” (Street & Smith)

Transferred from Miami to SUNY at Stony Brook
1983 HS All-American (AP, Kodak)

2020 All-time All-Florida HS Team Honorable Mention (The Atlantic)
2019 All-Time All-American Honorable Mention (CBS Sports)
2019 Detroit Lions All-Time Best (100th Anniv. 39-man Team,
Lions Org. and #33 of 100, Detroit Free Press)
2019 Fabulous 50: Florida Colleges’ all-time greatest
football players (#18T, Tampa Bay Times)
2017 Named an ACC Legend
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#6, 247Sports)
2015 Florida Sports Hall of Fame
2013 Broward County Sports Hall of Fame
2010 Orange Bowl Hall of Fame
2009 University of Miami Ring of Honor
2008 USA Today CFB Encyclopedia 250 All-Time College Players
2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)
2007 Florida HS All-Century Team (1 of 33, FL. HS Athletic Assn)
2006 College Football Hall of Fame
1998 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1991-92 NFL All-Pro 2nd Team (Newspaper Ent. Assoc.)
1991-92 All-NFC 1st Team (UPI, Pro Football Weekly)
1991 Pro Bowl
1990 Street & Smith’s 50th Anniv. (1940-90) “Dream 2nd Team”
1988 NFL All-Pro 2nd Team (Newspaper Ent. Assoc.)
1988 NFL All-Rookie Team
1987 Consensus All-American 1st Team (AP, UPI, Walter
Camp, Sporting News, Kodak/Coaches, Football Writers,
Football News, Scripps Howard, Newspaper Ent. Assoc.)
1987 Jim Thorpe Award Winner
1987 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1987 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)
1987 Preseason All-Deep South Majors 1st Team (Street & Smith)
1986 Consensus All-American 1st Team (AP, UPI, Walter
Camp, Sporting News, Scripps Howard, Newspaper Ent. Assoc.)
1986 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1984 Preseason Top Freshman “Cream of the Frosh” (Street & Smith)
1984 Olympic Trials (400 meters)

2020 Dallas Cowboys All-Time Top 60 (#8, Team for Anniv.)
2020 All-time All-Florida High School Football 1st Team (The Atlantic)
2019 All-Time All-American Honorable Mention (CBS Sports)
2019 NFL 100th Anniversary Top 100 (#83, USA Today)
2019 AP/NFL Network NFL’s 100 Greatest Characters (#41)
2019 Fabulous 50: Florida Colleges’ all-time greatest
football players (#6, Tampa Bay Times)
2020 Dallas Cowboys All-Time Top 100 (#4, USA Today)
2019 Top 25 All-Time NFL Wide Receivers (#11, New Arena)
2017 University of Miami Ring of Honor
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#2, 247Sports)
2017 NFL Top 300 All-time chosen in 12-selections per
Draft Round with 25 total rounds (23rd Rd, #267 O-all, SI)
2017 Greatest Athletes to Ever Wear #88 (#5 of 6, USA Today)
2011 Orange Bowl Hall of Fame
2011 Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Hall of Champions
2010 The Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players (#92, NFL Network)
2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)
2007 Pro Football Hall of Fame
2007 Texas Sports Hall of Fame
2007 Florida Sports Hall of Fame
2007 Florida HS All-Century Team (1 of 33, FL. HS Athletic Assn)
2005-06 2x Finalist for Pro Football Hall of Fame
2005 Cowboys Ring of Honor
2004 Broward County Sports Hall of Fame
2000 University of Miami Hall of Fame
2000 NFL All-Decade Team for 1990’s (Pro HOF)
1991-95 Pro Bowls
1993 All-Pro 2nd Team (AP)
1992 All-Pro 2nd Team (AP, Newspaper Ent. Assn.)
1992 Pro Bowl MVP
1991 All-Pro 1st Team (AP, Sporting News, Pro Football
Writers, Pro Football Weekly, Newspaper Ent. Assn.)
1991 All-NFC 1st Team (UPI, Pro Football Weekly)
1987 All-American 2nd Team (Newspaper Ent. Assn., Football News)
1987 All-American Honorable Mention (AP)
1987 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1987 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)
1987 Preseason All-Deep South Majors 1st Team (Street & Smith)
1986 All-American 1st Team (UPI, Newspaper Ent. Assn.)
1986 All-American 2nd Team (AP)
1986 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1985 All-American 2nd Team (Newspaper Ent. Assn.)
1985 Freshman All-American 1st Team (Football News)
1985 All-South Independent 2nd Team (AP)

2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#31, 247Sports)
2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)
1999 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1988 NFL All-Rookie Team
1987 Consensus All-American 1st Team (AP, UPI, Walter
Camp, Sporting News, Kodak/Coaches, Football Writers,
Football News, Scripps Howard, Newspaper Ent. Assn.)
1987 All-South Independent First Team (AP)
1987 Outland Trophy Finalist (1 of 3)
1987 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)
1987 Preseason All-Deep South Majors 1st Team (Street & Smith)
1986 All-American Second Team (UPI)
1986 All-American Honorable Mention (AP)
1986 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

2020 All-Time Top 100 Seattle Seahawks (#25, Sports Illustrated)
2015 All-Time Top 40 Seattle Seahawks (Seattle Times)
2010 Seattle Seahawks 35th Anniversary Team
1994 Seattle Seahawks Man of the Year
1994 Steve Largent Award
1989 All-AFC 2nd Team (UPI)
1989 Pro Bowl
1989 Named Seattle Seahawks Team MVP
1988 NFL All-Rookie Team

2019 Detroit Lions All-Time Top 100 (#56, Detroit Free Press)

1988 East-West Shrine Classic
1987 All-American Honorable Mention

2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)

1988 Senior Bowl

2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#84, 247Sports)
2002 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1987 All-American Third Team (AP)
1987 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1987 Butkus Award Finalist (1 of 6)
1987 Preseason All-Deep South Majors 1st Team (Street & Smith)
1986 All-American Honorable Mention (AP)
1986 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1985 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

2019 New York Giants All-Time Top 100 (#98, NorthJersey.com)
2009-Current #1 NFL Career Punting Yardage (71,211 yds.)^
2008 University of Miami Hall of Fame
2008 Pro Bowl
2008 MDA Champion of Hope (Muscular Dystrophy Assn.)
1996 Arizona Cardinals NFL Man of the Year
1995 Pro Bowl
1995 All-NFC 1st Team (UPI, Pro Football Weekly)
1988 NFL All-Rookie Team
1980’s All-Decade Fiesta Bowl 1st Team
1985 JUCO Transfer to UM from Scottsdale C.C. (at SCC in ’84)

^Played in 352 NFL regular season games: 4th most
all-time after Ks Adam Vinatieri (397), Morten
Andersen (382), and Gary Anderson (353).

2017 All-time Tampa Bay College 2nd Team (S, Tampa Bay
Times– HS’s in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco & Hernando counties)
1988 Hula Bowl
1986 Preseason All-Deep South Majors 1st Team (Street & Smith)
1985 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

1987 All-American Second Team
1984 Preseason Top Freshmen “Cream of the Frosh” (Street & Smith)
1983 Parade HS All-American

2014 El Camino College Hall of Fame
1987 Toyota National Leadership Award
1985 JUCO Transfer to UM from El Camino College
1984 JUCO All-American

1985-86 Varsity-eligible at Miami
1984: “Wearing what may be the biggest shoes in College or Pro
Football, Miami’s ‘Blue Chip’ Freshman Cichoke measures his size
17 football cleats at well over a foot long.” (AP Photo Caption)

2020 All-time All-Florida HS Team Honorable Mention (The Atlantic)
2010 Seattle Seahawks 35th Anniversary Team
1994 All-Pro 2nd Team (AP)
1994 All-AFC 1st Team (UPI, Pro Football Weekly)
1994 Pro Bowl
1985 Transferred from Miami to Florida State (at UM 1983-84)
1983 Preseason Top Freshmen “Cream of the Frosh” (Street & Smith)

^Died unexpectedly in Costa Rica on June 13, 2017
at the age of 52.

2020 CFB 150th Anniversary All-Time Top 50 Players (#28, 247Sports)
2020 Top 40 All-Time NFL Quarterbacks (#35, The Delight)
2019 Fabulous 50: Florida Colleges’ all-time greatest
football players (#26, Tampa Bay Times)
2019 New York Titans/Jets All-Time Top 100 (#39, NewJersey.com)
2019 Tampa Bay Buccaneers All-Time Top 100 (#69, USA Today)
2017 Baltimore Ravens All-Time by Position (#2 of 3 QBs, Fox Sports)
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#4, 247Sports)
2013 College Football Hall of Fame
2013 Sports Club of Tampa Bay Hall of Fame
2009 Named an ACC Legend
2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)
2006 Florida Sports Hall of Fame
1998 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1997 University of Miami Ring of Honor
1997 Hurricanes Jersey #14 Retired by Miami
1998 All-AFC 1st Team (Pro Football Weekly)
1996 and 1998 Pro Bowls
1987 NFL All-Rookie Team
1986 Heisman Trophy Winner
1986 Consensus All-American 1st Team (AP, UPI, Walter
Camp, Sporting News, Kodak/Coaches, Football Writers,
Football News, Scripps Howard, Newspaper Ent. Assn.)
1986 Maxwell Award
1986 Walter Camp Player of the Year
1986 Player of the Year (UPI, Sporting News)
1986 Davey O’Brien Award
1986 Sammy Baugh Trophy
1986 Washington D.C. Touchdown Club College Athlete of Year
1986 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1986 Pre-Season All-American (Playboy, Street & Smith)
1986 Preseason All-Deep South Majors 1st Team (Street & Smith)
1985 All-American 2nd Team (AP, UPI, Newspaper Ent. Assn.)
1985 All-American Honorable Mention (Gannett News Service)
1985 Heisman Trophy Finalist (5th)
1985 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1985-86 University of Miami Team MVP

2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#36, 247Sports)
2011 Top 24 Beloved Hurricanes (#22, BleacherReport)
2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)
2005 Orange Bowl Hall of Fame
1997 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1986 All-American Honorable Mention (AP, UPI)
1983 Preseason Top Freshmen “Cream of the Frosh” (Street & Smith)
1982 HS All-American
1982 Dade County Athlete of the Year

Post-playing career: 4 yrs. as Pro Heavyweight
Boxer going 27–1–2 (with 23 wins by KO).

Univ. of Miami General Manager of Football
Operations (2022- )

2020 Florida High School Athletic Hall of Fame
2020 All-time All-Florida HS Team Honorable Mention (The Atlantic)
2019 Fabulous 50: Florida Colleges’ all-time greatest
football players (#39T, Tampa Bay Times)
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#7, 247Sports)
2017 All-time Tampa Bay College 1st Team (DL, Tampa Bay
Times– HS’s in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco & Hernando counties)
2017 NFL Top 300 All-time chosen in 12-selections per
Draft Round with 25 total rounds (14th Rd, #167 O-all, SI)
2017 Philadelphia Eagles All-Time Top 25 (#13, PennLive.com)
2016 Philadelphia Eagles All-Time by Position (#2 of 10 DL, NJ.com)
2014 University of Miami Ring of Honor
2011 Parade Magazine All-time Top HS All-Americans
2008 USA Today CFB Encyclopedia 250 All-Time College Players
2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)
2007 Philadelphia Eagles 75th Anniversary Team
2007 Florida HS All-Century Team (1 of 33, FL. HS Athletic Assn)
1997 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1996 Philadelphia Eagles Honor Roll/Hall of Fame
1992 Philadelphia Eagles Retired #99
1991 All-Pro 1st Team (AP, Sporting News, Football Writers,
Pro Football Weekly)
1991 Pro Bowl
1990-91 All-NFC 1st Team (UPI)
1990 All-Pro 1st Team (AP)
1990 All-NFC 1st Team (Pro Football Weekly)
1990 Pro Bowl
1990 Street & Smith’s 50th Anniv. Dream Team Honorable Mention
1989 All-Pro 2nd Team (Newspaper Ent. Assn.)
1987 NFL All-Rookie Team
1986 Consensus All-American 1st Team (AP, UPI, Walter
Camp, Sporting News, Kodak/Coaches, Football Writers,
Football News, Scripps Howard, Newspaper Ent. Assn.)
1986 Outland Trophy Finalist
1986 Lombardi Award Finalist
1986 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1986 Preseason All-American (Playboy, Street & Smith)
1986 Preseason All-Deep South Majors 1st Team (Street & Smith)
1985 All-American Second Team (AP)
1985 All-American Honorable Mention (UPI)
1985 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1982 Parade HS All-American

Brown died on June 25, 1992
following an automobile accident.

1987 NFL All-Rookie Team
1987 East-West Shrine Classic
1986 All-American 2nd Team (AP)
1986 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1986 Pre-Season All-American (Playboy, Street & Smith)
1985 All-American Honorable Mention
1985 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

2019 Tampa Bay Buccaneers All-Time Top 100 (#97, USA Today)
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#70, 247Sports)
2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)
1986 All-American Honorable Mention (AP)

Asst. HC Green Bay Packers (2007-18)
HC Los Angeles Wildcats (2020 XFL)

1987 Fiesta Bowl Sportsmanship Award
1986 All-American Honorable Mention (AP, UPI)

1994 All-AFL Honorable Mention
1992 All-World League of American Football 2nd Team
1987 In September, Sileo was Ruled Ineligible by NCAA
1987 Pre-season All-American (Sporting News)
1987 Outland and Lombardi Trophies’ Watchlists
1986 All-American 1st Team (Scripps Howard)
1986 All-American 2nd Team (Sporting News, Sport Magazine)
1986 All-American 3rd Team (Football News)
1986 All-American Honorable Mention (AP)
1986 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1986 All-American Strength Team (Nat’l Strength Coaches Assn.)
1984 Transfer to Miami from from Cincinnati (DNP)
1984 Transfer to Cincinnati from Maryland (1983)

Orlando Renegades (1986, “southeastern
territory rights” – DNS, USFL)

1986 Academic All-American
1986 Preseason All-Deep South Majors 1st Team (Street & Smith)
1985 All-American Honorable Mention
1985 All-South Independent 2nd Team (AP)

2019 San Francisco 49ers All-Time Top 100 (#96, USA Today)
2019 South Regional Softball Coaching Staff of the Year (JUCO)
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#68, 247Sports)
2015 Florida High School Athletic Hall of Fame
2014 South Regional Softball Coaching Staff of the Year (JUCO)
2003 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1997 Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame
1990 All-NFC Second Team (UPI)
1986 East-West Shrine Classic
1985 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)
1985 Preseason All-Deep South Majors 1st Team (Street & Smith)
1983 All-South Independent 2nd Team (AP)

HC College of Central Florida Softball (2013- JUCO)

2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#33, 247Sports)
1985 Consensus All-American 1st Team (AP, Walter Camp,
Kodak/Coaches, Sporting News, Scripps Howard, Newspaper
Ent. Assn.; Honorable Mention- UPI, Gannett News)
1985 All-South Independent First Team (AP)
1985 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)
1984 All-American Second Team (AP)
1984 All-South Independent First Team (AP)

1985 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

1985 Fiesta Bowl Sportsmanship Award
1985 All-American Third Team (AP)
1984 All-American Honorable Mention
1982 McDonald’s HS All-American in Basketball

1986 Preseason All-American – DNP^ (Street & Smith)
1985 All-American Honorable Mention (UPI)
1985 All-South Independent 2nd Team (AP)

^Redshirted as a FR., Paul declared for NFL Draft in
Jan., 1986 passing on his 5th-yr. SR. season, and then
graduated from UM in May, 1986, but went undrafted.

2010 American Football Coaches Assn. JUCO Nat’l. Coach of the Year
1983 Transfer to UM from Mt. San Antonio (CA.) College
1983 JUCO/C.C. All-American
1983 Mt. San Antonio College Mountie of the Year

Transferred from UM to USC and then to Cal Lutheran

2019 Cincinnati Bengals Top 100 All-Time (#42, Cincinnati Enquirer)
2017 Cincinnati Bengals 50th Anniv. Team (#29 of 50, Bengals Org.)
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#22, 247Sports)
2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)
1995 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1988 All-Pro 1st Team (Newspaper Ent. Assn.)
1988 All-Pro 2nd Team (AP)
1988 All-AFC 1st Team (UPI, Pro Football Weekly)
1988 Pro Bowl
1985 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (AP)
1985 NFL All-Rookie Team
1984 Consensus All-American 1st Team (AP, Newspaper
Enterprise Assn., Kodak/Coaches; 2nd Team- UPI;
Honorable Mention- Gannett News Service)
1984 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1984 Preseason All-Deep South Majors 1st Team (Street & Smith)
1983 JUCO Transfer to UM from Navarro (TX) College

1991 Earned J.D. from UM School of Law
1983 All-South Independent 2nd Team (AP)

1985 USFL Draft Pick #4/61st overall
by Houston Gamblers – DNS

1980 HS All-American

2022 U.S. Attorney General Award: missing/endangered juveniles
2020 Cleveland Browns All-Time Top 50 (#19, BrownsNation.com)
2019 Fabulous 50: Florida Colleges’ all-time greatest
football players (#23, Tampa Bay Times)
2019 Cleveland Browns All-Time Top 100 (#36, USA Today)
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#8, 247Sports)
2013 Cleveland Browns All-Time Top 100 (#25, Cleveland.com)
2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)
2006 Florida Sports Hall of Fame
2002 Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Hall of Champions
2002 Broward County Sports Hall of Fame
1999 University of Miami Ring of Honor
1998 Academic All-American HOF (GTE/CoSIDA)
1997 Orange Bowl Hall of Fame
1995 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1994 University of Miami Alumnus of Distinction
1987 Pro Bowl
1984 All-American 2nd Team (AP, Newspaper Ent. Assn.)
1984 All-American Honorable Mention (Gannett News Service)
1984 Academic All-American
1984 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1984 Heisman Trophy (4th)
1984 University of Miami Team MVP
1984 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)
1984 Preseason All-Deep South Majors 1st Team (Street & Smith)
1983 All-American Honorable Mention
1983 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1981 Parade HS All-American

University of Miami Board of Regents
Currently Emeriti Member

^Died of drowning (boating accident) on
Apr. 26, 2005 off of Jupiter, FL.

2012 London (Ontario) Sports Hall of Fame
2009 British Columbia Lions Wall of Fame
1984 All-American 2nd Team (AP)
1984 All-American 3rd Team (Playboy)
1984 All-American Honorable Mention (UPI)

Drafted as a Protected Selection by
Orlando Renegades (1985 USFL – DNS)

1984 All-South Independent 2nd Team (AP)
1983 All-American Honorable Mention
1983 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

1983-84 After Walking on at Miami, Lettered both years with Canes
1982? Transfer to Miami from Bethune-Cookman College
(after 2 yrs. on a football scholarship at Bethune-Cookman)

^Died at age 27 in a murder-suicide on Sept. 16, 1989,
shooting his mail carrier ex-girlfriend, Regina
Washington, 24, in a local post office parking lot,
before shooting himself with the same revolver.

1984 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)
1984 Preseason All-Deep South Majors 1st Team (Street & Smith)
1983 All-South Independent Second Team (AP)

1984 Senior Bowl
1984 East-West Shrine Classic
1983 All-American 2nd Team (AP)
1983 All-American Honorable Mention (UPI)
1983 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1983 University of Miami Team MVP
1982 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

1984 USFL Draft #3/64th overall
by Houston Gamblers – DNS

2020 University of Miami Hall of Fame
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#35, 247Sports)
1984 Senior Bowl
1984 East-West Shrine Classic
1983 All-American First Team (Football News)
1983 All-American Second Team (UPI)
1983 All-American Third Team (AP)
1983 All-South Independent First Team (AP)
1983 Preseason All-American Honorable Mention (Street & Smith)
1983 Preseason All-Deep South Majors 1st Team (Street & Smith)
1982 University of Miami Team MVP
1982 All-South Independent First Team (AP)

1984 USFL Draft #4/73rd overall
by Tampa Bay Bandits – DNS

1983 All-South Independent 2nd Team (AP)

1984 USFL Draft #2/41st overall
by Houston Gamblers – DNS

1984 USFL Draft #4/77th overall
by Tampa Bay Bandits – DNS

1984 USFL Draft #2/25th overall
by Washington Federals – DNS

1984 USFL Draft #1/215th overall
by Oklahoma Outlaws – DNS

2013 Naples Area Prep All-Time Top 25 (#6, Naples Daily News)
2007 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1984 Senior Bowl
1983 All-South Independent 2nd Team (AP)

1983 All-American Honorable Mention (UPI)
1983 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

2016 Orange Bowl Hall of Fame
1984 Orange Bowl Defensive MVP

2009 Orange Bowl Hall of Fame
1983 All-South Independent 2nd Team (AP)

1981 Transfer to Miami from Duke
1980 All-ACC (TE at Duke)

1981 Transfer to Miami from Nebraska (at NU in ’80)

2020 Top 40 All-Time NFL Quarterbacks (#14, New Arena)
2019 Buffalo Bills All-Time Top 100 (#2, Democrat & Chronicle)
2018 Buffalo Bills All-Time Top 30 (#2, SI/Fansided)
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#12, 247Sports)
2017 Greatest Athletes to Ever Wear #12 (#5 of 8, USA Today)
2009 Buffalo Bills 50th Anniv. Team QB (25 chosen)
2008 University of Miami Ring of Honor
2007 Named an ACC Legend
2004 Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Hall of Champions
2002 Pro Football Hall of Fame
2001 Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame
2001 1st-ever Retired Buffalo Bills’ Jersey #12
1998 Florida Sports Hall of Fame
1997 Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame
1992 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1992 NFL All-Pro 2nd Team (AP)
1992 Pro Bowl
1991 All-Pro 1st Team (AP, Sporting News, Pro Football
Writers, Newspaper Ent. Assn., Pro Football Weekly)
1991 All-AFC 1st Team (UPI, Pro Football Weekly)
1991 Pro Bowl
1990 NFL All-Pro 2nd Team (Newspaper Ent. Assn.)
1990 All-AFC 2nd Team (UPI)
1990 Pro Bowl
1987-88 Pro Bowls
All-Time USFL 1st-Team/USFL Hall of Fame
1984-85 All-USFL First-Team
1984 USFL League MVP
1984 USFL Rookie of the Year
1982 Preseason All-American Honorable Mention (Street & Smith)
1982 Preseason All-Deep South Majors 1st Team (Street & Smith)
1981 Peach Bowl Offensive MVP
1981 University of Miami Team MVP

1983 Senior Bowl
1983 East-West Shrine Game

1983 USFL Draft #5/60th overall
by New Jersey Generals – DNS

1983 East-West Shrine Game
1982 All-South Independent 2nd Team (AP)

1983 Senior Bowl
1983 Blue Gray Game
1982 All-South Independent First Team (AP)
1982 Preseason All-American Honorable Mention (Street & Smith)
1982 Preseason All-Deep South Majors 1st Team (Street & Smith)

1983 USFL Draft #16/191st overall
by New Jersey Generals – DNS

Washington Federals (1983 Drafted #15/172nd USFL – DNS)

2019 Boston/New England Patriots All-Time Top 100 (#59, USA Today)
2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)
1994 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1990 New England Patriots All-1980s Team
1988 All-NFL First Team (Newspaper Ent. Assoc.)
1987 All-AFC Second Team (UPI)
1986 All-AFC First Team (UPI)

2019 University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame
President’s Distinguished Service Award

1982 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

1983 Blue Gray Game
1981 Preseason All-American 2nd Team (Street & Smith)
1981 Preseason All-Deep South Majors 1st Team (Street & Smith)
1980 All-American Honorable Mention
1980 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

2023 College Football Hall of Fame
2017 Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award
2017 ACC Coach of the Year
2012 Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame
2005 SEC Coach of the Year
2002 SEC Coach of the Year

Grad. Asst. Florida State (1985-88)
OC Eastern Carolina (1989)
Asst. (QBs) Florida State (1990-93)
OC Florida State (1994-2000)
HC University of Georgia (2001-15)
HC University of Miami (2015-18)

2019 Ft. Myers HS 100th Anniv. All-Time Top 30 (#17, Ft. Myers News-Press)
1979-80 at Miami

1980 Transferred from Miami to East Carolina (at UM 1978-79)

2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#54, 247Sports)
1999 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1982 NFL All-Rookie Team
1982 East-West Shrine Classic
1981 Blue-Gray Classic
1981 Parade Magazine College Lineman of the Year
1981 Consensus All-American First Team (Walter Camp,
Kodak/Coaches, Football News, Sporting News,
Newspaper Ent. Assn., Mizlou Sports; 2nd Team- AP)
1981 All-South Independent First Team (AP)
1981 Preseason All-American First Team (Playboy, Street & Smith)
1981 Preseason All-Deep South Majors 1st Team (Street & Smith)
1977 HS Football All-American (Parade Magazine)
1977 USA Junior Olympic Wrestling Team (Heavyweight)

^Died at home in Birmingham, AL. on
Aug. 16, 2017 at age 58.

2019 Boston/New England Patriots All-Time Top 100 (#72, USA Today)
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#82, 247Sports)
2009 Boston/New England Patriots 50th Anniv. Team (Starting S)
1993 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1990 New England Patriots All-1980s Team
1985 NFL All-Pro Second Team (UPI)
1985 Pro Bowl
1982 Senior Bowl
1981 Consensus All-American 1st Team (UPI, Newspaper Ent. Assn.,
Kodak/Coaches, Football Writers; 2nd Team- AP, Football News)
1981 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1981 Preseason All-American Honorable Mention (Street & Smith)
1980 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

2021 Maryland HS’s Top-Ranked Players All-Time (#110 of 254, Ainsworth Sports)
1982 Senior Bowl
1981 Blue Gray Game

1981 Blue Gray Game

1982 East-West Shrine Classic
1981 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

2004 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1981 All-American 1st Team (Football News, Mizlou Sports)
1981 All-American 2nd Team (UPI)
1981 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1979 Outstanding ‘Cane Special Team Player

^Ironic origin of his nickname “Big Foot”– Miller normally
wore size 8 1/2 shoes, but kicked in a size 6 1/2 cleat.

2019 University of Miami Hall of Fame
2017 All-time Tampa Bay College 2nd Team (LB, Tampa Bay
Times– HS’s in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco & Hernando counties)
1981 Blue Gray Classic
1981 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

1982 Senior Bowl

^Died Nov. 23, 2000 in Miami at age of 40.

1981 Blue-Gray All-Star Classic

1981 UM’s Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award

1979 Outstanding ‘Cane Offensive Back/End

2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#86, 247Sports)
2011 Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame
1998 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1986 Pro Bowl
1986 All-NFC 1st Team (Pro Football Weekly)
1981 Peach Bowl Defensive MVP
1980 All-American 1st Team (Newspaper Enterprise Assn.)
1980 All-American 3rd Team (AP)
1980 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1980 Preseason All-American 2nd Team (Street & Smith)
1979 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1979 Outstanding ‘Cane Defensive Lineman

^Out of Gainesville’s F.W. Buchholz HS, Cook arrived at Miami
as a 6’1.5″, 200-lb. DB in 1977 and was assigned ‘Cane Jersey #21

1980 University of Miami Team MVP

1979 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)

1979 Outstanding ‘Cane Offensive Lineman

2011 Top 24 Beloved Hurricanes (#6, BleacherReport)
2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)
2002 University of Miami Hall of Fame
2001 Laney Junior College Athletic Hall of Fame
1979 JUCO Transfer to UM from Laney J.C. (UM 1979-80)

^Only Hurricanes’ Coach to receive all
5 Nat’l. Champ Rings

1979 Jack Harding Award (University of Miami Team MVP)
1979 Outstanding ‘Cane Defensive Back

1979 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)

2021 Central Florida Officials Assn. Hall of Fame (FHSAA)
1977-78 Lettered at Miami
1974 Signed Regional Letter of Intent with Georgia Tech – DNA
1973 Top 100 Football Recruits in the Country

1980 Hula Bowl College All-Star Game

2019 Ft. Myers HS 100th Anniv. All-Time Top 30 (#1, Ft. Myers News-Press)

2020 Hall of Very Good (Professional Football Researchers Assn.)
2020 All-time All-Florida HS Team Honorable Mention (The Atlantic)
2020 Top 30 All-Time NFL Running Backs (#25, The Delight)
2019 Cardinals 100th Anniv. All-Time Top 100 (#17, AZCentral)
2019 New York Giants All-Time Top 100 (#94, NorthJersey.com)
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#47, 247Sports)
1999 University of Miami Ring of Honor
1991 Florida Sports Hall of Fame
1990 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1990 Superbowl XXV MVP
1989 NFL Comeback Player of the Year
1982 Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame
1980 All-Pro 2nd Team (AP, Newspaper Ent. Assoc.)
1980 All-NFC 2nd Team (UPI)
1980 Pro Bowl
1979 All-Pro 1st Team (AP, Pro Football Writers)
1979 All-Pro 2nd Team (Newspaper Ent. Assoc.)
1979 All-NFC 1st Team (UPI, Sporting News, Pro Football Weekly)
1979 Pro Bowl
1979 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (AP)
1979 NFL All-Rookie Team
1978 Blue-Gray Classic
1978 All-American First Team (Coaches, Sporting News)
1978 All-American Honorable Mention (AP, UPI)
1978 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1978 University of Miami Team MVP

2019 Top 100 All-Time Atlanta Falcons (#76, USA Today)
1996 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1981 All-NFC Second Team (UPI)
1979 Senior Bowl
1978 Blue-Gray Classic
1978 All-American 1st Team (Kodak/Coaches, Sporting News)
1978 All-American 2nd Team (Newspaper Enterprise Assn.)
1978 All-American Honorable Mention (AP)
1978 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1978 Preseason All-American (Playboy, Street & Smith)
1977 All-American Honorable Mention (AP)
1977 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1977 University of Miami Team MVP
1977 UM’s Most Dedicated Player Award

1977 JUCO Transfer to UM from Taft (CA) J.C. (at Taft ’75-76)

1976 JUCO Transfer to UM from Arizona Western College

Transferred to Miami from Rice

2000 Daily Pilot Sports Hall of Fame (Newport Harbor HS, L.A. Times)
1977 JUCO Transfer from Orange Coast College to UM (OCC ’75-76)

1999 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1978 Senior Bowl
1977 Blue-Gray Classic
1978 All-American First Team (Sporting News)
1978 All-American Second Team (AP)
1978 All-American Honorable Mention (UPI)
1978 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1978 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)

2019 Minnesota Vikings All-Time Top 100 (#96, USA Today)
1978 Senior Bowl

Head Coach St. Paul Sting (1997 MFL)

2005 All-time Citrus County HS Team (1 of 22, Tampa Bay Times)
1977 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

Transferred from Memphis to Miami

1978 Suspended in-season at UM, then signed in
Canada foregoing his last 2 years of eligibility
1977 Transfer to Miami from Penn State (at PSU 1976 FR.)

1975 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
also on UM Men’s Soccer Team

1977 University of Miami Athlete Of The Year
1976 Miami Herald Athlete of the Year

2019 Cincinnati Bengals Top 100 All-Time (#68, Cincinnati Enquirer)
2017 Cincinnati Bengals 50th Anniv. Team (just 25 chosen, Fans/Media)
2017 Cincinnati Bengals 50th Anniv. Team (#37 of 50, Bengals Org.)
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#87, 247Sports)
1989 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1981 All-AFC Second Team (UPI)
1977 NFL All-Rookie Team
1977 Senior Bowl
1977 East-West Shrine Classic
1977 Hula Bowl
1977 Japan Bowl
1976 All-American First Team (AP, Sporting News)
1976 All-American Honorable Mention (UPI)
1976 All-South Independent First Team (AP)
1976 University of Miami Team MVP
1976 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)
1974 JUCO Transfer to UM from Arizona Western College (at AWC ’73)

1977 Senior Bowl

1977 Lions American Bowl

1975 JUCO Transfer from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (Miami, OK)

1972 Big 33 HS All-Star Game

^Died Apr. 13, 2022 at age 68

1974 Playboy Sophomore to Watch

1976 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
(Final edition of this College All-Star Game)

1975 Blue-Gray Classic
1975 All-American Honorable Mention
1975 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1975 University of Miami Team MVP

1976 Japan Bowl College All-Star Game
1976 Hula Bowl
1976 East-West Shrine Game
1974 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1973 JUCO Transfer to UM form Miami Dade C.C.
1972 JUCO All-American High Jumper in Track
also JUCO Basketball at Miami-Dade C.C.

2011 NJCAA Hall of Fame (JUCO)
[as member of 1972 JUCO Champion Arizona Western College]
1974 JUCO Transfer from Arizona Western Col. to UM (UM: 1974-75)
1973 JUCO All-American First Team (NJCAA)
1972 JUCO All-American

2020 All-time All-Florida HS Team Honorable Mention (The Atlantic)
1993 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1984 All-NFL Second Team (Newspaper Enterprise Associates)
1975 All-American Honorable Mention
1975 All-South Independent First Team (AP)
1975 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)

1975 Blue-Gray Classic

1975 All-South Independent Honorable Mention
1975 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)

1976 Bergen/Passaic (NJ) Cos. YMCA College Co-Athlete of Year
1972 UM Scout Team/Redshirted (as 1st-yr.-eligible True FR.)
1972 Champion HS Wrestler (at 178 lbs.)

2019 L.A./St. Louis/Cleveland Rams All-Time Best
(#29 of 100, USA Today and by position [1 of 25], ESPN)
2013 West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
1989 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1989 Orange County (CA.) Sports Hall of Fame
1985 L.A. Rams 40th Anniversary Team (L.A. Times)
1985 L.A. Rams Offensive Lineman of the Year
1987 All-NFC 2nd Team (UPI)
1986 All-Pro 1st Team (AP, Sporting News,
Pro Football Writers, Pro Football Weekly)
1986 All-NFC 1st Team (UPI)
1985 All-NFC 1st Team (Pro Football Weekly)
1985-87 Pro Bowls
1980 & 1984 All-NFC 2nd Team (UPI)
1978-79 All-NFC 1st Team (Pro Football Weekly)
1978 All-NFC 1st Team (UPI)
1978-80 Pro Bowls
1975 Senior Bowl
1974 All-American 1st Team (Sporting News, Time,
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.)
1974 All-American 2nd Team (AP, UPI)
1974 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1974 Playboy Preseason All-American
1973 All-American Honorable Mention
1973 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1972 All-American Sophmore Team (Football News)

2012 Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Hall of Fame
2012 J. Freeland Chryst Award (Lancaster County HOF)
1975 All-American Bowl
1974 Blue-Gray Classic

HC Thaddeus Stevens College of Tech. (2007-12, ’13-18)
[While at Stevens, team was (or shared) Seaboard Conf.
Champions 8 times; 3 Conference Coach of the Year Awards]

2020 Florida High School Athletic Hall of Fame
2020 All-time All-Florida HS Team Honorable Mention (The Atlantic)
2019 Denver Broncos All-Time Top 100 (Team and #73, USA Today)
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#73, 247Sports)
2009 Denver Broncos 50th Anniversary Team
1999 Florida Track and Field Hall of Fame
1992 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1986 Ed Block Award of Courage
1981 Broward County Sports Hall of Fame
1977 NFL All-Pro Second Team (AP)
1977 All-AFC Second Team (UPI)
1977 Coaches’ All-America Game All-Time East Team
1975 Hula Bowl (selected as MVP)
1975 Coaches’ All-America Game
1974 Consensus All-American 1st Team (UPI, Coaches/Kodak;
3rd Team – AP)
1974 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1974 Preseason All-American
1973 All-American Honorable Mention (UPI)
1973 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1973 Preseason All-American

Florida A&M HC (2005-07)

1974 All-South Independent 2nd Team (AP)
1973 All-South Independent Honorable Mention (AP)

1974 All-South Independent Honorable Mention (AP)

Also played Baseball at Miami

1975: MLB Draft #2, 26th overall by San Diego Padres-DNS

1974 All-South Independent 2nd Team (AP)
1974 University of Miami Team MVP

1970 HS All-American (Timon HS went undefeated in ’70)
1969 Top HS Football Player in Western N.Y. (USA Today)

1971 Miami Freshman Team

1970 High School All-Southern

1973 Moved to WR in Spring (9.5 sec. in 100-yd. dash)
1972 UM Varsity-eligible RB
1971 UM Freshman Team
1970 Hillsborough Co. Golden Helmet Award Co-Winner (CocaCola)

2007 Lawrence Co. Hall of Fame (Lawrence Co. Historical Soc.)
1988 New Castle HS’s 1st Team (Players from 1952 to 1987)
1972 UM Varsity-eligible
1971 UM Freshman Team
1970 HS All-American Honorable Mention (Coach & Athlete Mag.)
1970 Who’s Who Among American High School Students

2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#74, 247Sports)
2017 All-time Tampa Bay College 2nd Team (DL, Tampa Bay
Times– HS’s in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco & Hernando counties)
1991 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1974 Lions American Bowl College All-Star Game
1973 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1973 Consensus All-American 1st Team (Football Writers,
Walter Camp; 2nd Team- AP, UPI, Newspaper Ent. Assn.)
1973 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1973 Jack Harding Award (UM Team MVP)
1972 All-American 3rd Team (AP)
1972 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

^Died on Mar. 19, 2022 at home at the age of 71.

^Ran the 100-yd. dash in 9.5 seconds while at Miami

2019 El Camino (Calif.) Junior College Hall of Fame
1972 Transfer to UM from El Camino (Calif.) Junior College
1971 JUCO All-American
1971 El Camino J.C. Team MVP

^ Although Hall was QB on a JUCO state championship
team (#2 nationally) and came in to compete for the
starting QB job at UM, the undersized Hall agreed to
also play on special teams as a gunner on kick coverage
while with the Canes.

1972 JUCO Transfer to UM from Arizona Western C.C.
1971 JUCO All-American First Team (NJCAA)

1973 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1971 JUCO Transfer to UM as Walk-on; Quickly Earned a scholarship
1970 Freshman at Miami Dade C.C. (which didn’t play football)

1972 Transferred from Miami to Salisbury University (at UM 1969-71)

2022 ACC Honors Class Selection
2021 Maryland HS’s Top Players All-Time (#1, Ainsworth Sports)
2021 Minnesota Vikings All-Time Top 50 (#20, Lineups.com)
2019 Minnesota Vikings All-Time Top 100 (#20, USA Today)
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#78, 247Sports)
2010 Hall of Very Good (Professional Football Researchers Assn.)
2010 Minnesota Vikings 50 Greatest Players (Vikings Org.)
2007 Minnesota Vikings Ring of Fame
1986 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1985 Maryland Sports Hall of Fame
1980 All-1970s 2nd Team (Pro Football Reference)
1977 All-Pro 2nd Team (Newspaper Enterprise Assoc.)
1977 All-NFC 1st Team (Sporting News, Pro Football Weekly)
1977 All-NFC 2nd Team (UPI)
1976 NFL Offensive Player of the Year
1976 All-Pro 1st Team (Newspaper Ent. Assoc.)
1976 All-Pro 2nd Team (AP, Pro Football Writers)
1976 All-NFC 1st Team (AP, UPI, Sporting News, Pro Football Weekly)
1975 All-Pro 1st Team (AP, Pro Football Weekly, Newspaper Ent.
Assoc., Football Writers)
1975 All-NFC 1st Team (UPI, Sporting News)
1975 NFL Leader in Receptions (73, with 22 TDs in 14 games)
1974 All-Pro 2nd Team (Pro Football Writers, Newspaper Ent. Assoc.)
1974 All-NFC 1st Team (UPI, Sporting News, Pro Football Weekly)
1973-77 Pro Bowls
1973 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (AP)
1973 Senior Bowl (selected MVP)
1972 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game – South Team MVP
1972 All-American First Team (Sporting News)
1972 All-South Independent First Team (AP)
1972 University of Miami Team MVP
1972 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)
1971 All-South Independent First Team (AP)

^Chuck’s given name is Walter Eugene Foreman

2022 University of Miami Athletics Trailblazer Award
2019 New York Titans/Jets All-Time Top 100 (#88, NewJersey.com)
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#69, 247Sports)
2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)
1999 University of Miami Ring of Honor
1982 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1982 Pro Bowl First Alternate
1973 Coaches All-American Game – MVP
1973 Senior Bowl – Defensive MVP
1972 All-American 1st Team (Sporting News, Time Magazine)
1972 All-American 2nd Team (Newspaper Enterprise Assn.)
1972 Who’s Who in American Colleges & Universities
1971-72 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

U.S. Congressman (2021- Utah’s 4th Dist.)

^Owens’ given name is Clarence Burgess Owens

2019 Indianapolis/Baltimore Colts All-Time Top 100 (#64, Indy Star)
2013 Indianapolis/Baltimore Colts All-Time Top 50 (#28, SBNation)
1988 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1977 All-AFC 1st Team (Sporting News)
1977 All-AFC 2nd Team (UPI)
1977 Pro Bowl
1973 Senior Bowl
1971 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)
1970 JUCO Transfer to UM from Murray State (OK) College

1970 JUCO Transfer to Miami from Chabot J.C. (at UM 1971-72)
1969 Transfer from Oregon State to Chabot J.C. (at OSU 1970)

1971 University of Miami Team MVP
1970 All-Florida 1st Team (AP)

1994 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1972 All-American First Team
1972 All-American Honorable Mention (UPI)
1972 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1972 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)
1971 All-American Third Team (AP)
1971 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1971 JUCO Transfer to UM from Glendale C.C. (’69-70)
1966-68 U.S. Military Service^
1965 at UConn (was a 165-lb. FR. HB)

1972 UM Top Scholar Award (Inaugural yr.; 3.4 PGA in Finance)
1970-72 3-yr. Varsity Letterman (2 yrs. as 215 to 217-lb. OT/C/OG)
1969 UM Freshman Team (at 210 lbs.)

1973 Earned B.Ed. from Miami
1970 JUCO Transfer to Miami from Rochester (MN) State J.C.
1969 All-Division at Rochester (MN) State Junior College

1970 JUCO Transfer to Miami from Rochester (MN) State J.C.^
1969 All-Division (11 Int.) at Rochester State Junior College

1998 Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame
1972 NAIA District 18 All-Conference 1st Team
1971 Transferred from Miami to Waynesburg (PA.) Univ.
1970 Miami Varsity
1969 UM Freshman Team

1973 Played Baseball at Texas Wesleyan Univ. (NAIA)
1972 Transferred from UM to Texas Wesleyan Univ. – DNP Football
1972 Played Baseball (SS, listed at 158 lbs.^) at Miami
1971 Earned Varsity Football Letter at Miami
1971 JUCO transfer to Miami (JUCO?: 1969-70)

1996 University of Miami Hall of Fame

^Died on Oct. 10, 2002 in a car accident
in Summerville, SC at age 52.

^Died on Jan. 14, 2009 of cancer at age 62.

1971 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)

^Went by “Dickie” while at the U

1971 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1971 All-South Independent First Team (AP)
1970 Jack Harding Award (UM Team MVP)
1970 JUCO Transfer from Taft (CA.) College to Miami
1969 JUCO All-American Second Team (at LB, NJCAA)

^College Eligibility 1967-71;
Graduated in UM Class of 1973

1969 JUCO Transfer to Miami from Coffeyville (KS) C.C.
1968 JUCO All-American First Team (NJCAA)
1968 All-Kansas Jayhawk C.C. Conference 1st Team

1972 Rec’d. B.Ed. from Miami
1969 JUCO Transfer to Miami from Coffeyville (KS) C.C.
1968 JUCO All-American
1968 All-Kansas Jayhawk C.C. Conference 1st Team
1968 Coffeyville C.C. Team MVP

^^Biggie died on Aug. 27, 2022 in St. Petersburg, FL.

1966 Northern California Back of the Year (College FB HOF)
Also Played on UM Baseball Team (2B; B:R, T:R)

^Full name: Raymond Joel Borowicz
Healdsburg HS Class of 1968, Healdsburg, California;
Died on Dec. 3, 2019 in San Rafael, CA.

1970-71 Varsity Roster at Miami (Ran 100-yd. dash in 9.9 sec.)
1969 JUCO Transfer to UM from Cerritos College (JUCO 1968-69)

1970 Transfer from Miami to Tennessee/Martin (1970-71)
1969 UM Spring Camp Defensive MVP
1968 Miami Freshman Team Captain

^Full name is Andrew Paul Manard

1971 All-Oklahoma Collegiate Conf. Second Team
1970 Transfer from UM to Northwestern Oklahoma St. (1970-71)
1968-69 at Miami (Redshirt Transfer in ’68)
1967 Univ. of Kansas Transfer to Miami

1970 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1970 All-American Bowl

1971 All-ACFL 1st Team
1970 All-Florida 1st Team (AP)
1970 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)
1970 Preseason All-South Independent (Street & Smith)
1969 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)
1968 All-Florida 1st Team (AP)

2021 UM Athletics Trailblazer Award (1st Year Winner
with basketball’s Will Allen & women’s tennis’ Kim Sands)^
2016 Florida High School Athletic Hall of Fame
2012 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1971 Who’s Who in American Colleges & Universities
1971 UM Student Body President

^Bellamy & Allen were UM’s 1st Major-Sport Black Recruits
in 1967; Sands was the U’s 1st Black Woman Athlete

Post-grad: NFL Official (beginning in 1991)

2021 UM Athletics Trailblazer Award (1st Year Winner
with football’s Ray Bellamy & women’s tennis’ Kim Sands)^
2012 Honorary Ph.D. Agriculture (Univ. of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)
2011 Theodore Roosevelt Award (NCAA’s highest honor)
2011 Selected to NCAA Hall of Champions
2010 Named ACC Legend (for Basketball at UM)
2009 Kellogg Foundation Grant in urban agriculture
2008 MacArthur Fellowship Genius Award
2005 Ford Foundation Leadership Grant for urban farming
1970-71 Earned 3rd UM Varsity Basketball Letter & his B.A.
1970-71 All-American Candidate (in Basketball)
1968-70 Earned 2 Letters in Basketball at Miami
1967-68 Miami Freshmen Basketball Team
1966-67 HS All-American (in Basketball)
Played Basketball at Miami (DNP College Football)

Baltimore Bullets: 1971 NBA Draft, 4th Rd., 60th OA – DNS
The Floridians (in Miami, Undrafted FA, 1971-72 ABA)
After giving pro football a whirl, Allen played basketball
again professionally, landing in Belgium – where he
played through 1977.

^Allen & Bellamy were UM’s 1st Black Major-Sport Recruits
in 1967; Sands was the U’s 1st Black Woman Athlete.

^^Over 4 decades after Allen went to the Dolphins’
Training Camp, ‘Cane B-Ballers Jimmy Graham &
Erik Swoope’s success in the NFL led UM’s hometown
NFL team to bring ex-Cane Basketball frontcourt players
Raphael Akpejiori & Joe Thomas into their Rookie
Minicamp in 2015. Like Willie Allen, neither hoopster
made Miami’s roster or PS that season.

1967 Playboy Sophomore of the Year
1964 High School All-American
1964 North-South HS All-Star Shrine Game
1964 SI’s “FACES IN THE CROWD” (as HS Sr. QB)

^Died on Aug. 10, 2020 at the age of 73.

1966: As a HS SR. in Spring Lake, MI. with only 1 offer (Western
Michigan), Schaap sent out a form letter to 6 “Southern Majors,”
including Miami. A 1000-yd. rusher with another 354 yds. on 35
catches as a HS SR. on a 9-0 team at a HS only 3 years old, Steve
was looking for a football scholarship at a warm weather college.
Florida, Oklahoma & Alabama didn’t respond; FSU wrote they had
no scholarships left; and Auburn said no after getting ahold of his HS
game-film. However, Coach Walt Kichefski invited him to the U
and ended up making him an offer – which he accepted on the spot.

2000 Coffeyville (Kan.) C.C. Hall of Fame
1969 JUCO Transfer to Miami from Coffeyville (Kan.) C.C.
1968 JUCO All-American (at QB)
1968 All-Kansas Jayhawk C.C. Conference 1st Team

1966 Parade Magazine HS All-American
1966 Florida’s Mr. Football: State’s Top Prep Player

Also on UM Baseball Team (OF)

1968 Entered U.S. Marine Corps (Vietnam War Era)
1967 Varsity-eligible at Miami
1966 Miami Freshman Team

1989 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1970 NFL All-Rookie Team
1970 Lions American Bowl College All-Star Game
1969 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1969 East-West Shrine Game (Invitation only)
1969 All-American Honorable Mention
1969 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

^Died on July 23, 2018 at the age of 69.

1969 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)
1968 All-Florida First Team (AP)

1969 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

^Ran 100-yd. dash in 9.7 sec. at UM

2006 Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College Hall of Fame
1968 All-Florida 1st Team (AP)
1967 JUCO All-American 1st Team
1966 JUCO All-American Honorable Mention

1967 JUCO Transfer to UM from Cerritos (CA) College

1969 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1969 Jack Harding Award – UM Team MVP

2002 Ferrum College (JUCO/Div.III^) Hall of Fame
1982 Ferrum College Distinguished Alumni Award
(also Ferrum College Alumni Board of Directors)
1968 JUCO Transfer to UM from Ferrum College (at UM ’68-69)

^ Ferrum College was a JUCO when Jim Huff, his
brother John (North Carolina State ’75), his
nephew Eddie (JUCO All-American in Ferrum’s last
JUCO season in ’75, then E. Tenn. St.), Ray Harris
(‘Cane Class of 1968), Frank Fontes (FSU ’71,
top-scoring college PK with Seminoles), and Bruce
Gossett (QB/K at Univ. Richmond ’65, L.A. Rams/S.F.
49ers, 2 Pro Bowls) were all placekickers in Ferrum,
Virginia from 1961-76, when Ferrum College became a
4-year school. Both straight-on K’s, Jim broke all of
Ray Harris’ records at the U. Fontes replaced Jim at
Ferrum and was Ferrum’s 1st soccer-style kicker.

1969 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

1968 All-Florida 1st Team (AP)

1969 Lettered at Miami
1968 JUCO Transfer from Eastern Arizona College to to Miami
1968 Listed in Wisconsin Badgers Media Guide (#60); didn’t letter
1968 JUCO Transfer from Eastern Arizona College to Wisconsin – DNR
1967 Conference Lineman of the Year at Eastern Arizona
1966-67 Twice Named All-Conference at Eastern Arizona J.C.

1970 Signed with CFL, passing on final year of eligibility at UM
[CFL teams could sign players less than 4 years out of HS]
1970 Transfer to Miami from Iowa (Spring Practice at UM)
1969 All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (AP)
1968 All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (AP)

Larry (63) died of edema on Dec. 4, 2012 in Galveston, TX.

^Not to be confused with 6-1, 220-lb. LB Wayne Lawrence
(Los Altos, Hacienda Heights, CA.) who played at Miami in
1969-70, overlapping Lawrence’s brief stay in Coral Gables.