Smith, Oher finalists for Outland Trophy
Chris Low, SEC...for the Doak Walker Award as the best running back, Tennessee's Eric Berry for the Jim Thorpe Award as the best defensive back and Florida's Tim Tebow for the Maxwell Award as...
Blog | November 24, 2008Berry closing in on national record
Chris Low, SEC...12 career picks and averages 40.6 yards per return. Berry, in the running for the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back, leads the country this season with seven interceptions...
Blog | November 22, 2008Big East award nominees
Brian Bennett, Big East...Virginia Jake Rogers, Cincinnati Patrick Shadle, Syracuse Ray Guy Award (Top punter) McAfee Kevin Huber, Cincinnati Jim Thorpe Award (Best defensive ack) Mike Mickens, Cincinnati Ted Hendricks Award (Best defensive end) Jamaal Westerman, Rutgers...
Blog | November 13, 2008Alabama's Johnson deserved to make Thorpe cut
Chris Low, SEC...win against LSU. It hit me after scanning back through the list of semifinalists for the Jim Thorpe Award. Rashad Johnson's name wasn't on there. Five other SEC defensive backs made the...
Blog | November 12, 2008Brown, McCoy, Mickens up for major awards
Brian Bennett, Big East...USC's Mark Sanchez. Cincinnati senior cornerback Mike Mickens is one of 13 semifinalists for the Jim Thorpe Award, signifying the nation's best defensive back. The other semifinalists are Asher Allen (Georgia), Eric...
Blog | November 05, 2008SEC rich in talented defensive backs
Chris Low, SEC...Don't believe so? Take a look at the 13 semifinalists named this week for the Jim Thorpe Award, which goes annually to the nation's top defensive back. The SEC has five of...
Blog | November 05, 2008Missouri's William Moore named as Thorpe Award semifinalist
Tim Griffin, Big 12...Moore is the only player from the conference to be selected as a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award. Moore, who missed two games earlier this season, ranks fourth on the Tigers with 59...
Blog | November 04, 2008USC safety Mays is Thorpe semifinalist
Ted Miller, Pac-10...Ted Miller USC safety Taylor Mays was announced Tuesday as one of 13 semifinalists for the Jim Thorpe Award, which goes to the nation's best defensive back. The semifinalist list will be narrowed...
Blog | November 04, 2008World, meet Antoine Winfield
Kevin Seifert, NFC North...Winfield's resume is blank. As a senior at Ohio State in 1998, he won the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back. The Bills took him in the first round...
Blog | October 07, 2008PhotoBlog: Around the Hall
Paul Kuharsky, AFC South...Ohio and the Pro Football Hall of Fame and some time with the Titans in Nashville. Jim Thorpe greats visitors at The Pro Football Hall of Fame. Titans cornerback Cortland Finnegan visits with fans...
Blog | August 10, 2008Redskins Replay: Looking at Zorn's debut
Matt Mosley, NFC East...vestiges of those halcyon Redskins days committed to memory, upstairs from the life-size statue of Jim Thorpe, stiff-arming museum visitors for eternity," writes Wise. "If Zorn can be glad about anything when...
Blog | August 04, 2008Chat with NFL draft prospect Carlos Rogers!
...undefeated team, Rogers anchored a defense that dominated the SEC. For his efforts, Rogers won the Jim Thorpe Award, honoring the best defensive back in college football. Most experts project Rogers as a high...
Chat | April 08, 2005Fun Facts: Thanksgiving and the NFL
Doug MittlerThanksgiving Day means football, even if that routinely requires a healthy serving of the woeful Lions (they've played on Thanksgiving Day since 1934)...
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