BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Bowling Green State University safety Jordan Anderson has been named to the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Preseason Watch List, announced the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame (OSHOF) and Jim Thorpe Association on Monday (July 25). He is one of three players from the MAC on the list of 35 college football players. The Jim Thorpe Award annually to the nation's best defensive back.
Anderson (Detroit, Mich.) is coming off an All-MAC season in 2021 when he was one of three FBS players in the nation to record 3+ INTs, 2+ fumble recoveries and 5+ PBUs, joining Penn State's Ji'ayir Brown and East Carolina's Ja'Quan McMillian.