UT's Michael Huff and Aaron Ross won it in back-to-back years in 2005 and 2006. Texas is tied for the most Thorpe Award recipients in the country with Oklahoma and LSU. It was the first Texas ...

Barron officially accomplished that goal when he was named the Thorpe Award winner after a standout season that now goes down in school history with Huff and Aaron Ross, who won the award in 2006 ...

It’s just one element of Barron’s game that arguably makes him the favorite to become the third Texas player to win the Thorpe Award, joining Huff in 2005 and Aaron Ross the following season.

Barron joins Michael Huff (2005) and Aaron Ross (2006) as Longhorn recipients of the honor. The Pflugerville (Texas) Connally native is Texas’ first Thorpe Award finalist since safety DeShon ...

Barron became the third UT player in history to win the award, making the Longhorns the first program with three Thorpe Award winners. He joins Michael Huff (2005) and Aaron Ross (2006 ...

Barron, who's tabbed as a likely first-round choice in the 2025 NFL Draft, became the third Longhorns player to win the ...