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Jim Thorpe Award

College football award

Field	Value
name	Jim Thorpe Award
description	The top defensive back in college football
presenter	Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame
country	United States
year	1986
holder	Caleb Downs, Ohio State
website	http://www.oksportshof.org

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.

Winners

Year	Player	Position	School	Ref
1986	Thomas Everett	S	Baylor
1987 (tie)	Bennie Blades	S	Miami (FL)
Rickey Dixon	S	Oklahoma
1988	Deion Sanders	CB	Florida State
1989	Mark Carrier	S	USC
1990	Darryll Lewis	CB	Arizona
1991	Terrell Buckley	CB	Florida State (2)
1992	Deon Figures	CB	Colorado
1993	Antonio Langham	CB	Alabama	url=http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2016/12/sec_football_by_the_numbers_aw_5.html	title=SEC Football by the Numbers: Awards season	publisher=AL.com	date= 2016-12-07	access-date=2016-12-13}}
1994	Chris Hudson	S/CB	Colorado (2)
1995	Greg Myers	S	Colorado State
1996 †	Lawrence Wright	FS	Florida
1997	Charles Woodson	CB	Michigan
1998	Antoine Winfield	CB	Ohio State
1999	Tyrone Carter	S	Minnesota
2000	Jamar Fletcher	CB	Wisconsin
2001	Roy Williams	SS	Oklahoma (2)
2002	Terence Newman	CB	Kansas State
2003	Derrick Strait	CB	Oklahoma (3)
2004	Carlos Rogers	CB	Auburn
2005	Michael Huff	SS	Texas
2006	Aaron Ross	CB	Texas (2)
2007	Antoine Cason	CB	Arizona (2)
2008	Malcolm Jenkins	NB	Ohio State (2)
2009	Eric Berry	SS	Tennessee
2010	Patrick Peterson	CB	LSU
2011	Morris Claiborne	CB	LSU (2)
2012	Johnthan Banks	CB	Mississippi State
2013	Darqueze Dennard	CB	Michigan State
2014	Gerod Holliman	S	Louisville
2015	Desmond King	CB	Iowa
2016	Adoree' Jackson	CB	USC (2)
2017	Minkah Fitzpatrick	S	Alabama (2)
2018	Deandre Baker	CB	Georgia
2019	Grant Delpit	S	LSU (3)
2020	Trevon Moehrig	FS	TCU
2021	Coby Bryant	CB	Cincinnati
2022	Tre Tomlinson	CB	TCU (2)
2023	Trey Taylor	FS	Air Force
2024	Jahdae Barron	CB	Texas (3)
2025	Caleb Downs	S	Ohio State (3)

† In 1996, finalist Chris Canty of Kansas State University withdrew his name from consideration, which caused a re-vote.

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