Air Force's Trey Taylor Named 2023 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Winner
December 08 2023 - 8:15PM
Business Wire
Trey Taylor of the United States Air Force Academy Falcons has
been named the 2023 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Winner. The award is
given to the top defensive back in college football based on
performance on the field, athletic ability and character. The
announcement was made live on The Home Depot College Football
Awards on ESPN. Taylor received the 2023 honor on behalf of
Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and presenting sponsor Paycom.
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Trey Taylor of the United States Air
Force Academy Falcons has been named the 2023 Paycom Jim Thorpe
Award Winner. (Graphic: Business Wire)
Taylor is the first-ever Thorpe Award recipient from Air Force
and only the second Falcon to win a major college football award,
joining Chad Hennings, 1987 Outland Trophy recipient. Taylor led
overall ballots as a 47% first place vote favorite with an average
rank winning by only .12 to the runner-up in the nationwide
voting.
A First-Team All-MW selection at safety, Taylor contributed 71
tackles, three interceptions, 4 PBUs and a first-career touchdown
and recorded TFLs in four games in his best season yet for the
Falcons.
Taylor posted an overall Pro Football Focus grade of 82.6 and
was credited with allowing just 18 receptions on 31 targets for an
average of 10.1 yards per reception.
Taylor proved to be a leader for the Falcons by also being
honored with this year’s Defender of the Nation Award, given to a
college football player from one of the nation’s service academies
based on exceptional leadership qualities, performance on and off
the field, and a high standard of integrity.
Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and Paycom will honor Taylor at the
38th Anniversary of the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Banquet and
recognize the 2nd Annual Aeneas Williams Award Winner in Oklahoma
City on Feb. 6, 2024.
For more information on the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award and past
award recipients, please visit oklahomasportshalloffame.org.
PAYCOM JIM THORPE AWARD IMPORTANT DATES
Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Banquet Honoring
the 2023 Winner in Oklahoma City
The official presentation of the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award takes
place in Oklahoma City, following The Home Depot College Football
Awards. The current winner and all former winners are invited each
year to celebrate. Over 600 supporters attend the Paycom Jim Thorpe
Award Banquet each year, including many celebrities and
dignitaries.
For ticketing and advertising information regarding the upcoming
banquet, please visit oklahomasportshalloffame.org/events.
The Paycom Jim Thorpe Award is a member of the National
College Football Awards Association. Founded in 1997, the NCFAA
includes college football’s most prestigious awards, and its 24
awards have honored more than 900 recipients dating back to 1935.
For more information about the NCFAA and its award programs, visit
the redesigned NCFAA.org or follow on Twitter at @NCFAA.
The Paycom Jim Thorpe Award is awarded to the best
defensive back in college football based on performance on the
field, athletic ability and character. The award was established in
1986 and is named after history’s greatest all-around athlete, Jim
Thorpe. Thorpe excelled as a running back, passer and kicker on the
offensive side of the ball, but also stood out as a defensive back.
In addition to his legendary performance on the football field,
Thorpe played professional baseball and won Olympic gold medals in
the decathlon and pentathlon. The Paycom Jim Thorpe Award is
universally accepted as one of the nation’s top collegiate sports
honors.
Paycom Software, Inc. (“Paycom”) (NYSE: PAYC), a leading
provider of comprehensive, cloud-based human capital management
software, and the Jim Thorpe Museum and Oklahoma Sports Hall of
Fame jointly announced in May 2017 an exclusive sponsorship of the
Jim Thorpe Award. As a result, the accolade has been named the
“Paycom Jim Thorpe Award.”
The Aeneas Williams Award is awarded to the best
defensive back in Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Division I college football based on performance on the field,
athletic ability and character. This award will serve as the first
of its kind in HBCU history in honor of its namesake, Southern
University walk-on and Pro Football Hall of Famer Aeneas Williams.
The contribution of HBCUs to the landscape of college football and
the NFL has forever left an impact on the game. HBCUs hold an
incredibly rich athletic tradition, tied to the game of football,
that continues to exemplify the culture of these schools for over
the past century.
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Olivia James Marketing Communications and Event Director
Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame 405.427.1400
ojames@oksportshof.org
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