In 2023 John was selected 5th out of 12 GOAT (Greatest of All Time) Defensive Tackles that have played for the USC Gamecocks.
[7] After the WFL folded in 1975, LeHeup returned to the Canadian Football League, playing for the Hamilton Tiger Cats in 1976.
He was a Retirement Community Administrator for twenty years and has served on the Board of the South Carolina Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging (SCANPHA).
He has given lectures on the subject of South Carolina silver to many groups including the New York University Summer Symposium in 2003 and 2004.
In the March 2007 edition of Traditional Homes he and his wife, Vickie were featured along with an article about his South Carolina silver collection.