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 ...

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.

Among the list was the USC Trojans ... everything caught my attention,” Arrington told On3. “I saw the Jim Thorpe awards, the Heisman trophies, all the national championships and the history ...

A complete list of the 2025 award winners follows. John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding ... an imprint of Hachette Books. Big Jim and the White Boy, written by David F. Walker, illustrated by ...

The 2024 Jim Thorpe Award winner had five interceptions last ... this position moves way up on the priority list. Emery Jones Jr., tackle, LSU The 6-6, 315-pound Jones might be moved to guard ...

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." ...