Given to the best defensive back of the year, the award is
presented by the Jim Thorpe Athletic Club of Oklahoma City.
Year - player(s), school(s)
2011 - Morris Claiborne, LSU
2010 - Patrick Peterson, LSU
2009 - Eric Berry, Tennessee
2008 - Malcolm Jenkins, Ohio State
2007 - Antoine Cason, Arizona
2006 - Aaron Ross, Texas
2005 - Michael Huff, Texas
2004 - Carlos Rogers, Auburn
2003 - Derrick Strait, Oklahoma
2002 - Terence Newman, Kansas State
2001 - Roy Williams, Oklahoma
2000 - Jamar Fletcher, Wisconsin
1999 - Tyrone Carter, Minnesota
1998 - Antoine Winfield, Ohio State
1997 - Charles Woodson, Michigan
1996 - Lawrence Wright, Florida
1995 - Greg Myers, Colorado State
1994 - Chris Hudson, Colorado
1993 - Antonio Langham, Alabama
1992 - Deon Figures, Colorado
1991 - Terrell Buckley, Florida State
1990 - Darryl Lewis, Arizona
1989 - Mark Carrier, Southern California
1988 - Deion Sanders, Florida State
1987 - Bennie Blades, Miami FL
& Rickey Dixon, Oklahoma
1986 - Thomas Everett, Baylor
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