There was a time when the Big 12 Conference dominated the Jim Thorpe Award ceremony.
From 2001-06, five Big 12 players won the award, presented by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame to the top defensive back in college football.
Thursday, TCU’s Trevon Moehrig became the conference’s first winner since that streak, taking home the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award at the College Football Awards Show on ESPN.
Moehrig will be in Oklahoma City on March 30 for the award banquet at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
“It’s just unbelievable,” Moehrig said Friday. “I thought about it last night and I still can’t believe it.