[3] He is one of only five Dolphins players to get elected to the Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility; the others being Dan Marino, Don Shula, Paul Warfield, and Jason Taylor.

Langer also excelled at baseball, making a second-team All-America selection as an outfielder in his junior season.

He led the team in hitting, field and pitching as the Jacks won a share of the North Central Conference title.

[8] By this time, Langer was a six-time Pro Bowler, four-time first-team All-Pro and two-time Super Bowl champion.

[1] The Jim Langer Award, which is presented to the nation's top NCAA Division II lineman, is named after him.

[2][1] In 2013, President Barack Obama honored the entire 1972 Perfect Season Dolphins at an event in the White House, but Langer declined to attend for political reasons.

[11][12][13] He told sports columnist Dave Hyde of Ft. Lauderdale's Sun-Sentinel "We've got some real moral compass issues in Washington...

"[14] According to his wife Linda, Langer died on August 29, 2019, at a hospital near his home in Coon Rapids, Minnesota because of a sudden heart-related issue.

Langer's death made him the third player from the 1972 Dolphins team to die in 2019, along with Bob Kuechenberg and Nick Buoniconti.