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The '''Jim Thorpe Award''' is a college football award given each year to the nation's most outstanding defensive back as determined by the Jim Thorpe Association.

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|1986
|Thomas Everett
|[[Baylor]]
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|1987
|Bennie Blades<br>Rickey Dixon
|[[Miami (FL)]]<br>[[Oklahoma]]
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|1988
|Deion Sanders
|[[Florida State]]
|-
|1989
|Mark Carrier
|[[Southern California]]
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|1990
|Darryll Lewis
|[[Arizona]]
|-
|1991
|Terrell Buckley
|Florida State
|-
|1992
|Deon Figures
|[[Colorado]]
|-
|1993
|Antonio Langham
|[[Alabama]]
|-
|1994
|Chris Hudson
|Colorado
|-
|1995
|Greg Meyers
|[[Colorado State]]
|-
|1996
|Lawrence Wright
|[[Florida]]
|-
|1997
|Charles Woodson
|[[Michigan]]
|-
|1998
|Antoine Winfield
|[[Ohio State]]
|-
|1999
|Tyrone Carter
|[[Minnesota]]
|-
|2000
|Jamar Fletcher
|[[Wisconsin]]
|-
|2001
|Roy Williams
|Oklahoma
|-
|2002
|Terence Newman
|[[Kansas State]]
|-
|2003
|Derrick Strait
|Oklahoma
|-
|2004
|Carlos Rogers
|[[Auburn]]
|-
|2005
|Michael Huff
|[[Texas]]
|-
|2006
|Aaron Ross
|Texas
|-
|2007
|Antoine Cason
|Arizona
|-
|2008
|Malcolm Jenkins
|Ohio State
|-
|2009
|Eric Berry
|[[Tennessee]]
|-
|2010
|Patrick Peterson
|[[Louisiana State]]
|-
|2011
|Morris Claiborne
|Louisiana State
|-
|2012
|Jonathan Banks
|[[Mississippi State]]
|-
|2013
|Darqueze Dennard
|[[Michigan State]]
|-
|2014
|Gerod Holliman
|[[Louisville]]
|}
[[category:National Individual Football Awards]]