CU Athletic Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2014
- Class:
- 1993
- 1992 consensus first-team All-American
- 1992 Jim Thorpe Award
- 1992 Big Eight Defensive Player of the Year
- 1993 first round NFL Draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers
A consensus first-team All-American as a senior in 1992 (Associated Press, United Press International, FWAA, Walter Camp, NEA, Football News and The Sporting News) ... First-team All-Big Eight and the conference’s Defensive Player of the Year (1992) ... Winner of the 1992 Jim Thorpe Award, presented to the nation’s top defensive back, when he allowed only six completions all season while intercepting six and deflecting 12 in over 400 snaps in man coverage ... He was the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame’s co-College Athlete of the Year in the state for 1992 ... His 27 pass deflections were the second most in CU history when he completed his career, and his 12 interceptions were and are still fourth ... Not included in the pick count was an interception he made at the end of the ’91 Orange Bowl against Notre Dame (bowl stats don’t count in career totals): with 13 seconds remaining, he intercepted Rick Mirer’s pass at the CU 36, eliminating any chance of a last ditch Irish field goal try in the 10-9 win; he ran out the clock and signaled the start of the Buffs’ national championship celebration ... He had four two-interception games ... Second-team All-Big Eight as a junior in 1991, and was an honorable mention choice as a true freshman in ’88, when he was the league’s Defensive Newcomer of the Year ... He had 176 career tackles, 128 unassisted, the 11th most among defensive backs at the time ... Won the Lee Willard Award as CU’s outstanding freshman player (1988) ... Returned punts for the first time as a senior, ranking 20th in the NCAA (11.4 per return); had 10 returns for 167 yards against Kansas State that year, both marks setting CU single game records ... Played in the Hula Bowl (1993) ... First-round draft choice of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1993 NFL draft (23rd player overall) ... Played in 93 career NFL games with Pittsburgh (1993-96) and Jacksonville (1997-98), making nine career interceptions ... Currently owns a cleaning business in Aurora.
