Iowa's Desmond King is the first defensive back to ever return to college after winning the Jim Thorpe Award. So that obviously begs the question: How will King follow up his award-winning performance?
Well, we don't have a crystal ball here at the Big Ten blog. But we thought we'd take a look at the historical precedent set in the conference. How have other Big Ten players who won national awards in the last 25 years fared after returning for one more season? It's never easy to follow up. So did most excel, or did most struggle to put up similar numbers?