NEW ORLEANS – Troy senior cornerback Blace Brown has been named to the Jim Thorpe Award Watch List, the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame announced Monday. Brown, a Preseason Sun Belt First Team selection, enters the 2018 season second among active players with his 11 career interceptions.
Brown, a native of Canton, Ga., earned first team All-Sun Belt honors last season after he ranked 11th nationally with five interceptions. He added a pick six at Boise State and pulled down two of the most impactful interceptions of the season for the Trojans.
He sealed Troy's 24-21 victory at No.