TOLEDO, Ohio - Toledo seniors Tycen Anderson and Samuel Womack were named to the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award watch list, the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame (OSHOF) and Jim Thorpe Association announced today.
The Jim Thorpe Award is presented each year to the best defensive back in the nation. Anderson and Womack are among 40 candidates nationally and two of only three players on the list from the Mid-American Conference. Toledo was also one of only five schools to have two candidates on the watch list. The others were Alabama, Cincinnati, Clemson and LSU.