Blake Gideon, safeties coach for the Texas Longhorns, gives instructions at practice at Frank Denius Fields ... aided in the development of 2024 Jim Thorpe Award winner Jahdae Barron.

Blake Gideon, safeties coach for the Texas Longhorns, gives instructions at practice at Frank Denius Fields ... aided in the development of 2024 Jim Thorpe Award winner Jahdae Barron.

Orlando, FL (Sports Network) – Ohio State defensive back Malcolm Jenkins was selected as the recipient of the 2008 Jim Thorpe Award ... center); and Kevin Wilson, Oklahoma, Frank Broyles Award (top ...

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

Jahdae Barron of Texas was officially presented the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation’s top defensive back on Tuesday night in Oklahoma City. Barron became the third Longhorn to win the award ...

Emmanwori was a finalist for the Blanchard-Rogers Trophy, an award for the best player from South Carolina. The defensive back earned semifinalist status for the Jim Thorpe Award and a ...

Barron, an Austin native, developed into an All-American and Jim Thorpe Award winner in his five seasons as a Longhorn. After starting two years as a nickelback, Barron moved outside to ...

In 2009, he won the Jim Thorpe Award as the top defensive back in college football, and he was a finalist for the Nagurski Trophy. In 2008, he was Thorpe Award finalist and won the SEC Defensive ...