Jim Thorpe Award 2024 Nominations. Given annually to college football’s top defensive back, the paycom jim thorpe award is one of the national college football awards association’s most coveted honors. Oklahoma sports hall of fame (oshof) and jim thorpe association is proud to release the finalists for the 2024 paycom jim thorpe award.

The award recipient is selected from the three finalists by the paycom jim thorpe award national selection committee, which boasts an oklahoma sports hall of fame in. There were 35 players named to.