With a team-leading 102 tackles, Anderson became the only person in Michigan football history to lead the team in tackles for four consecutive years. At the end of the 1991 season, Cambpell was selected by the United Press International as a first-team All-American. He was also named the Co-Defensive Player of the Year in the Big Ten Conference, and he won both the Butkus Award and the Jack Lambert Trophy as the best collegiate linebacker in the country. He was named the 1991 winner of The Roger Zatkoff Award as the team's best linebacker.