the Jim Thorpe Award has been given to the best defensive back in college football. Hunter is leading the race for the Heisman Trophy and is also expected to be a top pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

Jim Thorpe was a singular figure. Instead of a Heisman Trophy, an award that didn't exist in Thorpe's playing days, he won Olympic gold medals for the pentathlon and decathlon. In doing so ...

The football world was taken aback when the Jim Thorpe Award committee ... Despite the Thorpe Award controversy, Hunter’s Heisman campaign remains strong. He’s also a Maxwell, Biletnikoff ...

"In my humble opinion, you're looking at a Heisman Trophy winner and candidate," Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said of Jabrill Peppers following a career-best day for the redshirt sophomore.

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 ...

Among those you won't see is Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter ... Michigan's Will Johnson and Texas' Jahdae Barron, who won the Jim Thorpe Award last season as college football's best defensive ...

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