Horton and Keyes on Thorpe Award Watch List

In other football new s, senior safeties Chris Horton (pictured right) and Dennis Keyes have been nominated for the Jim Thorpe Award by the Oklahoma City-based Jim Thorpe Association. The award is given annually to the top defensive back in the nation and will be awarded on December 6.

Among the other candidates are pre-season All-America picks Aqib Talib, a junior cornerback from Kansas; junior free safety Kenny Phillips of Miami and senior strong safety Tom Zbikowski of Notre Dame.