Jim Thorpe Award Winners for best DB

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1986 Thomas Everett DB Baylor

1987 Bennie Blades Miami FL Ricky Dixon Oklahoma

1988 Deion Sanders DB Florida State

1989 Mark Carrier DB USC

1990 Darryll Lewis DB Arizona

1991 Terrell Buckley DB Florida State

1992 Deon Figures DB Colorado

1993 Antonio Langham DB Alabama

1994 Chris Hudson DB Colorado

1995 Greg Myers DB Colorado State

1996 Lawrence Wright DB Florida

1997 Charles Woodson DB Michigan

1998 Antoine Winfeld DB Ohio State

1999 Tyrone Carter DB Minnesota

2000 Jamar Fletcher DB Wisconsin

2001 Roy Williams DB Oklahoma

2002Terence Newman DB Kansas State

2003 Derrick Strait DB Oklahoma

2004 Carlos Rogers DB Auburn

2005 Michael Huff DB Texas 

2006 Aaron Ross DB Texas

2007 Antoine Carson DB Arizona

2008 Malcolm Jenkins DB Ohio State

2009 Eric Berry DB Tennessee

2010 Patrick Peterson DB LSU

2011 Morris Claiborne DB LSU

2012 Jonathan Banks DB Mississippi State

2013 Darqueze Dennard DB Michigan State

2014 Gerod Holliman DB Louisville

2015 Desmond King DB Iowa

2016 Adoree' Jackson DB USC

2017 Minkah Fitzpatrick DB Alabama

2018 Deandre Baker DB UGA

2019 Grant Delpit DB LSU

2020 Patrick Surtain DB Alabama

2021 Coby Bryant DB Cincinnati

2022 Tre'Vius Hodge Tomlinson TCU

Trey Taylor Air Force 

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