Some of Grange's Awards & Honors
- 1924 Chicago Tribune Silver Football Award as Big Ten Most Valuable Player (First year of the award)
- 1924 Frank A. Toomey Trophy by the Veteran Athletes of Philadelphia for national player of the year (considered the Heisman Trophy of its time)
- 1951 Inducted as charter member into College Football Hall of Fame
- 1963 Inducted as charter member into National Football League Hall of Fame
- 1969 Football Writers Association of America All-Time All-America team (unanimous)
- 1989 Walter Camp All-Century Team
- 1990 Illinois All-Century Team
- 2008 ESPN No. 1 Greatest College Football Player of All-Time
- 2011 Big Ten Network Icon No. 1
- 2017 Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame charter member