[1] Memorably, Rountree had an 85-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, following a key block from Don Chandler, in the Gators' 19–13 win over the Georgia Bulldogs in 1955.
He was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in 1957, and was the recipient of the Gators' Fergie Ferguson Award, recognizing the "senior football player who displays outstanding leadership, character and courage.
[2] Rountree was inducted as a "Gator Great" member of the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame in 1971.
[6] In his rookie season, he played defensive back and halfback on offense, and ran for 200 yards on twenty-six carries.
At the time of his death in 2013, Rountree still held the Argonauts team records for longest pass reception (108 yards vs. Saskatchewan in 1961), and most interceptions (10) in a single season (1960).