Jim Thorpe Award 2024 Preseason Watch List
August 1, 2024 by ncfaa.org
Presented to the nation's best defensive back by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and Paycom. The award is named in honor of the first-team Walter Camp All-America selection in 1911 and '12.
A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States in the Olympics. (SOURCE: Wikipedia)
The 2023 Award Winner was Trey Taylor of Air Force.
- 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
Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes college football’s most prestigious awards and its 24 awards have honored more than 900 recipients dating back to 1935. For more information about the NCFAA and its award programs, visit the NCFAA.org or follow on X at @NCFAA.
