TCU's Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson wins Jim Thorpe Award as college football's top DB
TCU's Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson was named the 2022 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award winner as college football best defensive back on Thursday night.
Hodges-Tomlinson is the second TCU player in three seasons to win the Oklahoma City-based award, following Tre’von Moehrig in 2020.
In helping lead TCU (12-1) to the College Football Playoff, Hodges-Tomlinson accounted for 42 tackles this season, three interceptions and a forced fumble. His 857 snaps played were the most of any Big 12 cornerback.
Pro Football Focus rated him as the No. 1 cornerback in the Big 12.
Hodges-Tomlinson will be honored on Feb. 7 in Oklahoma City in an awards banquet, presented by Paycom and the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame.TCU will face Michigan in a playoff semifinal — the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz. — at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31.
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Jim Thorpe Award Winners
Winners of the Jim Thorpe Trophy for the nation's best defensive back, presented by the College Football Writers Association of America:
2022: Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, TCU
2021: Coby Bryant, Cincinnati
2020: Trevon Moehrig, TCU
2019: Grant Delpit, LSU
2018: Deandre Baker, Georgia
2017: Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama
2016: Adoree' Jackson, Southern California
2015: Desmond King, Iowa
2014: Gerod Holliman, Louisville
2013: Darqueze Dennard, Michigan State
2012: Johnthan Banks, Mississippi State
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, Albama
1992: Deon Figures, Colorado
1991: Terrell Buckley, Florida State
1990: Darryll Lewis, Arizona
1989: Mark Carrier, Southern California
1988: Deion Sanders, Florida State
1987: Bennie Blades, Miami and Rickey Dixon, Oklahoma
1986: Thomas Everett, Baylor
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