More than 500 people – including NFL and college football players – attended the 39th Annual Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Banquet.

And those were not just two fantastic players who were the other finalists, but really nice guys as well. "It's just an incredible honor, because of guys like Antoine Winfield who have won this award ...

The finalists for AP Defensive Rookie of the ... At Iowa, DeJean was a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski and Jim Thorpe Awards along with being unanimous All-American and the winner of the Tatum ...

He added an additional 11 pass breakups, one sack and three tackles for losses to earn first-team All-American and the Jim Thorpe Award as the ... s initial top-50 list. Jeremiah called him ...

Banks tops the list of Longhorns as the 18th overall ... He received the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award honoring the nation's best defensive back with five interceptions and 67 total tackles, including ...

Six Longhorns made the list in its entirety ... around to match up with the opponents' best receiver, won the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's best defensive back," ESPN writes.

He had three interceptions and a team-high 10 pass breakups in 2023, when he was a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award. Morrison ... to with a link to confirm list signup. Error!

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ESPN: "Barron took home the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's best defensive ... and edge rusher is high on the priority list. Pearce is a leggy, loose rusher with some burst." ...