Awards, Honors and Recognition

1980's

• Named the Outstanding Redskin by the Monday Morning Touchdown Club (1980).
• Voted Defensive Player of the Year by the Brookland Club (1981).
• Received Timmie Award from The Touchdown Club of Washington as the team's Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year (1982).
• Voted to Associated Press, Pro-Football Weekly, United Press International, and the Sporting News All-Pro Teams (1983).
• Named Defensive Lineman of the Year by the NFL Alumni Association (1983).
• Selected NFC Defensive Player of the Year by the Kansas City 101 Club (1983).
• Received Timmie Award from The Touchdown Club of Washington as the team's Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year (1983).
• Chosen Second-Team All-NFL by the Associated Press (1984).
• Received the George Allen Leadership and Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions on and off the field from The Touchdown Club of Washington (1988).
• Voted to the NFL Team of the Eighties by the Hall of Fame Panel (1988).
• Named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week and Washington's Defensive Player of the Game on multiple occasions.

1990's

• Recognized for Meritorious Service to Sports by the St. Louis Baseball Writers Association of America (1990).
• Elected to the Belleville News Democrat Sports Hall of Fame (1990).

2000's

• Inducted into to the Purdue University Hall of Fame (2005).
• Inducted into the East-West Shrine Game Hall of Fame (2008).
• Received Timmie award for George Allen Leadership and Achievement Award; his four Timmie Awards still stand as the most ever given to any one person.
• Voted a member of the 40th and 70th Greatest Redskins Teams of All Time.
• Inducted into the Washington Redskins Ring of Stars at Fed Ex Field.
• Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2104 (2005)