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Troy Aikman Profile: Honors and Awards


UCLA helmet
College

  • named quarterback on The Sporting News college All-America second team 1987
  • PAC 10 Offensive Player of the Year (1987)
  • Most Valuable Player - 1987 Aloha Bowl
  • named quarterback on The Sporting News college All-America first team 1988
  • finished college career as the third-highest rated passer in NCAA history.
  • Henry R. "Red" Sanders Trophy, MVP of the Year (1988)
  • Heisman Trophy Finalist (1988)
  • Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award (1988) (awarded to the best college quarterback in the nation)
  • College Quarterback of the Year (1988)
  • Most Valuable Player - 1988 Cotton Bowl (he led the UCLA Bruins to a 17-3 victory over the Arkansas Razorbacks)

Cowboys helmet
Professional

1989

  • Picked #1 overall in the NFL's 1989 draft (he was drafted by the Cowboys on April 24, but they had signed him on April 20)
  • named to most All-Rookie teams (Pro Football Writers of America, United Press International, Pro Football Weekly, and College and Pro Football Newsweekly)

1990

  • All Madden Team

1991

  • named to play in the NFL Pro Bowl
  • Dallas Cowboys NFL Man of the Year
  • NFC Offensive Player of the Week (9/29/91 vs. NY Giants)

1992

  • named MVP of Super Bowl XXVII
  • named to play in the NFL Pro Bowl
  • named the Henryettan of the Year for 1992
  • Dallas Cowboys NFL Man of the Year
  • Bob Lilly Award
  • NFC Offensive Player of the Week (1/10/93 vs. Philadelphia)
  • NFC Offensive Player of the Week (1/17/93 @ San Francisco)
  • All Madden Team

1993

  • named quarterback on The Sporting News NFL All-Pro team
  • NFL's most accurate passer (69.1% completion rate)
  • All-Pro honors from Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News
  • All-NFC (Football News)
  • NFL Alumni Quarterback of the Year
  • NFC Offensive Player of the Month for October
  • NFC Offensive Player of the Week (10/3/93 vs. Green Bay)
  • named starting quarterback in the NFL Pro Bowl - replaced by Bobby Hebert due to injury
  • Dallas Cowboys NFL Man of the Year
  • Dallas All Sports Association Pro Athlete of the Year
  • All Madden Team

1994

  • named to play in the NFL Pro Bowl
  • Byron "Whizzer" White Humanitarian Award
  • Dallas All Sports Association Field Scovell Award
  • Dallas Cowboys NFL Man of the Year
  • NFC Offensive Player of the Week (10/9/94 vs. Arizona)
  • NFC Offensive Player of the Week (1/8/95 vs. Green Bay)
  • All Madden Team

1995

  • named to play in the NFL Pro Bowl - replaced by Warren Moon due to injury
  • Bob Lilly Award
  • Dallas Cowboys NFL Man of the Year
  • All Madden Team

1996

  • named to play in the NFL Pro Bowl - replaced by Gus Frerotte due to injury
  • Dallas Cowboys NFL Man of the Year
  • NFC Offensive Player of the Week (10/27/96 @ Miami)
  • All Madden Team

1997

  • NFL Man of the Year for 1997 - awarded January 22, 1998 (Troy had been one of five finalists for six consecutive seasons)
  • 1997 Dallas All Sports Association (DASA) Children's Medical Center of Dallas "Role Model of the Year" Award - awarded February 18, 1997
  • Dallas Cowboys NFL Man of the Year
  • Bob Lilly Award
  • NFC Offensive Player of the Week (8/31/97 @ Pittsburgh)

1998

  • Bob Lilly Award

1999
  • NFC Offensive Player of the Week (9/12/99 @ Washington)
  • Miller Lite NFL Player of the Week (9/12/99 @Washington)
  • Winningest quarterback of any decade in NFL history (90 games in the 90s)
  • Inducted into UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame (October 9, 1999)

2001
  • Dallas All Sports Association Big D Award - given annually to the person or persons who have most enriched Dallas sports by their achievements.
  • Named TV's "Top Newcomer" by Sports Illustrated
2002
  • Inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame (February 26, 2002)



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