[2] Voted as Sun Sentinel's "All-Time Broward County Linebacker", Voted to the State of Florida's "Top 100 Football All-Star Team", Most Valuable Player of the MENAC Bowl: 1975.
Highly recruited out of high school, he played college football at the University of Alabama for the legendary coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and was a key member of Alabama's 1978 National Championship football team.
At the 1979 Sugar Bowl in one of the most famous plays in college football history, Krauss stopped Penn State running back Mike Guman short of the goal line late in the 4th quarter to help the Crimson Tide to the National Championship.
Krauss was the first-round draft choice (6th overall pick) in 1979 for the Baltimore Colts.
Today he is a professional broadcaster and motivational speaker based in Carmel, Indiana.