TCU Safety Trevon Moehrig Wins Jim Thorpe Award

Trevon Moehrig

TCU safety Trevon Moehrig on Thursday, January 6, became the first Horned Frog to win college football's Jim Thorpe Award, which annually recognizes the country's top defensive back.

The announcement of Moehrig winning the award was made live during ESPN's Home Depot College Football Awards Show.

For the 2020 season, Moehrig, who recently announced that he is forgoing his final season of eligibility to pursue his NFL dreams (he is projected as a first-round selection in the 2021 NFL Draft), recorded 47 tackles, 11 pass-breakups and two interceptions in 10 games.

Moehrig was selected First-Team All-Big 12 by the conference head coaches for the second straight season and was named to seven All-America teams.

Moehrig took part in nine takeaways over the last two seasons, which tied for second in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).

Pro Football Focus ranked Moehrig as the nation's No. 1 safety in 2019. ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr., rates Moehrig as the No. 1 safety prospect for the 2021 NFL Draft.

 

TCU Football National Award Winners:

 

1938 – Davey O'Brien, Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award

1995 – Michael Reeder, Lou Groza Award

2000 – LaDainian Tomlinson, Doak Walker Award

2009 – Jerry Hughes, Lott IMPACT Trophy and Ted Hendricks Award

2010 – Jake Kirkpatrick, Rimington Trophy

2014 – Trevone Boykin, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award

2020 – Trevon Moehrig, Paycom Jim Thorpe Award