Paycom Jim Thorpe Award

Presented to the nation's best defensive back by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and Paycom

Air Force's Trey Taylor, 2023 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award winner

2024 Preseason Watch List

  • Dontae Balfour, Charlotte
  • Billy Bowman Jr., Oklahoma
  • Shyheim Brown, Florida State
  • Cobee Bryant, Kansas
  • Denzel Burke, Ohio State
  • Derek Carter, Jax State
  • Sebastian Castro, Iowa
  • Jeremiah Cooper, Iowa State
  • Tacario Davis, Arizona
  • Caleb Downs, Ohio State
  • Daylen Everette, Georgia
  • Jordan Favors, App State
  • Brylan Green, Liberty
  • Maxwell Hairston, Kentucky
  • Maxen Hook, Toledo
  • Jack Howell, Colorado State
  • Travis Hunter, Colorado
  • Anthony Johnson Jr., WKU
  • Ethan Johnson, App State
  • Will Johnson, Michigan
  • Donte Kent, Central Michigan
  • Rayuan Lane III, Navy
  • Ike Larsen, Utah State
  • A’Marion McCoy, Boise State
  • Donovan McMillon, Pitt
  • Malachi Moore, Alabama
  • Benjamin Morrison, Notre Dame
  • Jabbar Muhammad, Oregon
  • Seyi Oladipo, Boise State
  • Jordan Oladokun, Bowling Green
  • Cameron Oliver, UNLV
  • Gavin Pringle, Georgia State
  • Shavon Revel Jr., East Carolina
  • Quincy Riley, Louisville
  • Jonas Sanker, Virginia
  • Malaki Starks, Georgia
  • Gabriel Taylor, Rice
  • Dillon Thieneman, Purdue
  • Jaden Voisin, South Alabama
  • Xavier Watts, Notre Dame
  • Aydan White, NC State
  • Hunter Wohler, Wisconsin

Named For

Jim Thorpe, a first-team Walter Camp All-America selection in 1911 and '12.

2023 Recipient

Trey Taylor, Air Force

2024 Dates

Watch List: Wednesday, July 31

Contact

Olivia James
ojames@oksportshof.org
405-816-5075

20 S. Mickey Mantle Dr.
Oklahoma City, OK 73104