As a senior, he was named All-Big East Conference first-team selection and first-team All-America selection by the American Football Coaches Association, Rivals.com and second-team All-American selection by the Walter Camp Football Foundation and The Sporting News in 2000.
In his final year of college football, he was honored with All-Big East Conference first-team recognition and first-team All-America status from multiple sources such as the American Football Coaches Association, Rivals.com, Walter Camp Football Foundation, and The Sporting News in 2000.