Jim Thorpe Award

The Jim Thorpe Award is an award for the best defensive back in American college football . It is named after the athlete Jim Thorpe and has been awarded annually by the Jim Thorpe Association since 1986 .

Award winners

year player university 1986 Thomas Everett Baylor University 1987 Bennie Blades University of Miami 1987 Rickey Dixon University of Oklahoma 1988 Deion Sanders Florida State University 1989 Mark Carrier University of Southern California 1990 Darryll Lewis University of Arizona 1991 Terrell Buckley Florida State University 1992 Deon Figures University of Colorado at Boulder 1993 Antonio Langham University of Alabama 1994 Chris Hudson University of Colorado at Boulder 1995 Greg Meyers Colorado State University 1996 Lawrence Wright University of Florida 1997 Charles Woodson University of Michigan 1998 Antoine Winfield Ohio State University 1999 Tyrone Carter University of Minnesota 2000 Jamar Fletcher University of Wisconsin – Madison 2001 Roy Williams University of Oklahoma

year player university 2002 Terence Newman Kansas State University 2003 Derrick Strait University of Oklahoma 2004 Carlos Rogers Auburn University 2005 Michael Huff University of Texas at Austin 2006 Aaron Ross University of Texas at Austin 2007 Antoine Cason University of Arizona 2008 Malcolm Jenkins Ohio State University 2009 Eric Berry University of Tennessee 2010 Patrick Peterson Louisiana State University 2011 Morris Claiborne Louisiana State University 2012 Johnthan Banks Mississippi State University 2013 Darqueze Dennard Michigan State University 2014 Gerod Holliman University of Louisville 2015 Desmond King University of Iowa 2016 Adoree 'Jackson University of Southern California 2017 Minkah Fitzpatrick University of Alabama 2018 DeAndre Baker University of Georgia

Web links

• Jim Thorpe Association