OKLAHOMA CITY – Texas Football junior DB Caden Sterns was named to the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award preseason watch list, the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and Jim Thorpe Associated announced Monday. The Thorpe Award is presented annually to the top defensive back in college football.
Texas has a long history with the Thorpe Award, which was first presented in 1986. Michael Huff and Aaron Ross won the award in back-to-back seasons (2005-06), while three others have been finalists (Quentin Jammer, 2001; Earl Thomas, 2009; DeShon Elliott, 2017). Monday's announcement marks the second-straight year Sterns has been named to the Thorpe Award's preseason watch list.