"The Chargers land Jahdae Barron, who won the Jim Thorpe Award as the best defensive back in college football last season. He's not an elite athlete but he does everything really well", wrote ...

Jahdae Barron impressed during his Texas Longhorns career, leaving Austin with the Jim Thorpe Award and a first-team Associated Press All-American nod. In next month's 2025 NFL Draft, he could ...

Barron, the Jim Thorpe Award champ as college football's best DB, lit up 2024 with a 91.5 PFF coverage grade-tops among FBS corners-and a blazing 4.28 40-yard dash at the Combine. "He's a lockdown ...

Barron, who won the Jim Thorpe Award, is seen as an excellent fit in the slot and should lock that job down for the foreseeable future. "The Chargers land Jahdae Barron, who won the Jim Thorpe ...

He notched five interceptions and nine passes defensed, and he won the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's best defensive back. That got him into Round 1, and he cemented that status with a 4.39 ...

Barron won the 2024 Jim Thorpe Award as college football's best defensive back, and he had a 91.3 coverage grade from Pro Football Focus, the second best by a cornerback in the nation. He'll help ...

Beefing up Tua Tagovailoa’s bodyguards is the broad priority." Barron, the 2024 Jim Thorpe Award Winner, would be an excellent addition to Miami's secondary, providing Defensive Coordinator ...

In between, Akina had stops at Texas and Stanford — and coached three Jim Thorpe Award winners and produced a plethora of NFL Draft picks. Akina's reputation as a defensive backs coach has moved ...