Sep. 17, 2024
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Football senior cornerback Cameron Oliver was one of 42 players named to the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Preseason Watch List. Oliver is the first Rebel to be part of the honor's preseason list since two-time All-American and 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Athletics Hall of Fame safety Jamaal Brimmer in 2004. The Jim Thorpe Award is awarded annually to college football's top defensive back and is named after history's greatest all-around athlete, a man who excelled as a running back, passer and kicker on offense, as well as a standout defensive back.