CU Athletic Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2012
- Class:
- 1997
- 1996 Butkus Award As Nation's Top Linebacker
- 1996 Consensus First Team All-American
- Two-Time First Team All-Conference (Big Eight '95, Big 12 '96)
- 1997 Fourth Round NFL Draft Pick (Detroit)
A consensus first-team All-American as a senior in 1996 (Associated Press, Walter Camp, FWAA and The Sporting News ... A third-team All-American by the Associated Press his junior season in 1995 (honorable mention by UPI) ... Won the Butkus Award as a senior, presented to the nation’s top linebacker ... Two-time first-team all-conference selection (All-Big Eight as a junior in ‘95; All-Big 12 as a senior in ’96) ... Co-winner of the Zack Jordan Award, selected by his peers, as the team’s most valuable player his senior season ... Won the Dave Jones Award as the most outstanding defensive player in 1995 ... Finished his career as the second all-time leading tackler in Colorado history (446), with his 282 unassisted tackles setting a school record that still stands ... Sealed the Butkus with a big game on national TV at Nebraska (16 tackles, 12 solo, two third down quarterback sacks and two fumble recoveries) ... Career-high in tackles was 23 at Missouri as a senior, as he had 22 career games with 10 or more stops ... Established the freshman record for tackles in a season with 85 in 1993 ... He played in 44 career games, including starts in the last 40 (48 and 44, including bowls) ... A fourth round choice by Detroit in the 1997 NFL Draft (130th overall) ... He played in 14 career NFL games with Detroit (1997-99), and a pair of knee injuries cut short a promising career ... Helped coach the secondary at Colorado during the 2000 season while assistant coach Tom McMahon was battling cancer ... He was a college scout for the New England Patriots during their Super Bowl run in 2001, and after the 2005 season moved on to do the same for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2006-08. In 2009, he joined the Denver Broncos as their director of college scouting and in 2012 was named their director of player personnel.
