received All-South, second-team All-America by Sport magazine, second-team All-American by the Associated Press (AP). He was also named to the Scripps Howard All-American team. In 1986, he was named to the National Strength Coaches Association All-American Strength Team, and was the strongest college football player in America. Sileo is considered the strongest player in program history with a 535-pound bench press and a 650-pound squat for an 1185-pound total. As a senior in 1987, he was named to the Sporting News preseason All-American team, the Sporting News preseason Outland Trophy, and the Lombardi Trophy watch lists. He set the record for Miami Hurricane Football players with a 535-pound bench press and 700-pound squat. In 2010, Sports Illustrated voted Sileo's 1986 Miami Hurricane Football team the most hated team in American sports history. In 2019: SB Nation named Sileo the greatest Miami Hurricane football player in program history from New England. In 2020: SB Nation named Sileo the 2nd Best Miami Hurricane transfer player in program history. Draft troubles Sileo ran out of his five-year eligibility for NCAA play after the 1986 season. In September 1987, the NCAA ruled that he was ineligible to return and play for the Hurricanes. On September 6, 1987, two days after the NCAA deemed him ineligible, Sileo claimed that because he had not entered the 1986 NFL Draft, he was a free agent; he proceeded to sign with the Buccaneers. The NFL declared the contract invalid and put him in the 1987 NFL Supplemental Draft. Although Sileo initially sued the NFL and the Buccaneers to honor his original contract, he eventually submitted to the Supplemental Draft, where the Buccaneers selected him in the third round (56th overall). Sileo is the second-highest drafted defensive lineman in NFL Supplemental Draft history and the ninth-highest drafted Miami Hurricane defensive tackle since 1980. Professional career In 1987, he played in 10 games as backup nose tackle and special teams player. On August 27, 1988, he was released, even though his selection cost the Buccaneers a 1988 third-round pick. In February 1989, he signed as a free agent with the Dallas Cowboys, reuniting him with Jimmy Johnson who was his head coach with the Hurricanes. He was released on August 28. Shortly after he was released, he fainted in his Dallas home and was rushed to the emergency room with a temperature of 106 degrees and an enlarged heart, where