Singletary Receives NCAA Accolade

Former Baylor standout Mike Singletary was one of six former NCAA student-athletes to receive the 2006 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award, which recognizes former student-athletes who completed successful collegiate careers in various sports and went on to excel in their chosen professions 25 years later.

The award was presented to him last January in Indianapolis by Baylor teammate Walter Abercrombie, now executive director of the "B" Association. 

Singletary is Baylor's second Silver Anniversary Award winner, following in the footsteps of men's basketball player Jackie Robinson, who played for the Bears from 1946 through 1948 and was a member of the United States' 1948 gold-medal winning basketball team.

A four-year middle linebacker letterman who served as captain of the Baylor football team during his junior and senior campaigns, Singletary still owns six Baylor records. He was named to Baylor's all-decade teams of both the 1970s and the 1980s, as well as the school's defensive player of the decade for the 1980s. The list of accolades includes being named the Southwest Conference Defensive Player of the Decade for the 1980s; named to Baylor's All-Hall Century Football Team; inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame; and inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.

Following his career as a Baylor Bear, Singletary was selected in the second round of the 1981 National Football League draft by the Chicago Bears, where he played for 12 seasons. Selected to 10 consecutive Pro Bowls, Singletary was named to the NFL Team of the 1980s.

He currently serves as assistant head coach/linebackers coach with the NFL's San Francisco 49ers.