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In 2006, he was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. He was named to Baylor's All-Decade team of the 1980s and to the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame. In 2015, he was inducted into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame.

In 1994, he started 15 games at free safety. The next year, he was limited to 13 games (10 starts) because of a knee injury, registering 54 tackles and one sack. He was waived on March 20, 1996.

On April 2, 1994, because of salary cap reasons he was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in exchange for a fourth round draft choice (#109-Willie Jackson).

In 1993, he was moved to his natural free safety position, so that Darren Woodson could start at strong safety. He posted 97 tackles (third on the team), 2 interceptions, 3 passes defensed and contributed to the Cowboys winning back-to-back Super Bowls.

He played in Pittsburgh for 5 seasons, intercepted 16 passes over that time, and was considered a top notch safety. On September 19, 1992, after having missed the first two games due to a contract dispute, he was traded to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for a fifth round draft choice (#140-Marc Woodard).

His brother Eric Everett played for the Philadelphia Eagles (1988–89), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1990), Kansas City Chiefs (1991), and Minnesota Vikings (1992).

Everett was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fourth round (94th overall) of the 1987 NFL Draft, after dropping because he was considered too small to play safety. As a rookie, he quickly established himself as a punishing hitter and was named the starter at free safety in the eighth game of the season, finishing second on the team with 72 tackles.

In 1986, Everett became the first-ever winner of the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back. He was also voted the conference's Athlete of the Year.

Thomas Gregory Everett (born November 21, 1964) is a former American football safety in the National Football League. Thomas played nine seasons for three teams (Pittsburgh Steelers 1987–1991, Dallas Cowboys 1992–1993, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1994–1995). He attended Baylor University, where he won the Jim Thorpe Award as the top defensive back in college football. As a member of the Dallas Cowboys, he helped Dallas win 2 of their 3 Super Bowls in 1992 & 1993, both against the Buffalo Bills, and also in 1993 he made the Pro Bowl.