Jim Thorpe Award

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Infobox sports award The Jim Thorpe Award, named in memory of multi-sport athlete Jim Thorpe, has been awarded to the top defensive back in college football since 1986. It is voted on by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. In 2017, the award became sponsored by Paycom and was named the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Winners

Year	Player	Position	School	Ref
1986	Thomas Everett	S	Baylor	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 (tie)	Bennie Blades	S	Miami (FL)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Rickey Dixon	S	Oklahoma
1988	Deion Sanders	CB	Florida State	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1989	Mark Carrier	S	USC	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990	Darryll Lewis	CB	Arizona	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991	Terrell Buckley	CB	Florida State (2)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992	Deon Figures	CB	Colorado	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993	Antonio Langham	CB	Alabama	<ref name="sec">Template:Cite web</ref>
1994	Chris Hudson	S/CB	Colorado (2)	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1995	Greg Myers	S	Colorado State	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 †	Lawrence Wright	FS	Florida	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997	Charles Woodson	CB	Michigan	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998	Antoine Winfield	CB	Ohio State	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1999	Tyrone Carter	S	Minnesota	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000	Jamar Fletcher	CB	Wisconsin	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001	Roy Williams	SS	Oklahoma (2)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2002	Terence Newman	CB	Kansas State	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003	Derrick Strait	CB	Oklahoma (3)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004	Carlos Rogers	CB	Auburn	<ref name="sec" />
2005	Michael Huff	SS	Texas	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006	Aaron Ross	CB	Texas (2)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007	Antoine Cason	CB	Arizona (2)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008	Malcolm Jenkins	NB	Ohio State (2)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2009	Eric Berry	SS	Tennessee	<ref name="sec" />
2010	Patrick Peterson	CB	LSU	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2011	Morris Claiborne	CB	LSU (2)	<ref name="sec" />
2012	Johnthan Banks	CB	Mississippi State	<ref name="sec" />
2013	Darqueze Dennard	CB	Michigan State	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014	Gerod Holliman	S	Louisville	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015	Desmond King	CB	Iowa	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016	Adoree' Jackson	CB	USC (2)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2017	Minkah Fitzpatrick	S	Alabama (2)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2018	Deandre Baker	CB	Georgia	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019	Grant Delpit	S	LSU (3)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020	Trevon Moehrig	FS	TCU	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021	Coby Bryant	CB	Cincinnati	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022	Tre Tomlinson	CB	TCU (2)	<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
2023	Trey Taylor	FS	Air Force	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024	Jahdae Barron	CB	Texas (3)

† In 1996, finalist Chris Canty of Kansas State University withdrew his name from consideration, which caused a re-vote.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

References

General

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Footnotes

External links

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