Trey Taylor from Air Force and T'Vondre Sweat from Texas have won the Jim Thorpe Award and the Outland Trophy, respectively. Taylor recorded 3 interceptions, 71 total tackles, 4.5 TFL, and 4 PBU this season, while Sweat achieved a career-high 42 tackles, 17 solo stops, 8 for loss, 2 sacks, and 4 PBU. Joe Alt and Cooper Beebe were finalists for the Outland Trophy. Ross Browner was the last Notre Dame player to win the Outland Trophy in 1976.
With a career-high 42 tackles this season, including 17 solo stops and eight for loss, plus two sacks and four PBU, @TexasFootball DT @TvondreSweat has earned the 2023 @outlandtrophy! #CFBPlayoff ๐๐ โข #HookEm https://t.co/caAR0XRUpe
TโVondre Sweat The 2023 @outlandtrophy is his. ๐ @TvondreSweat | ๐ฅ @TexasFootball https://t.co/XvGDQjQqk7
Trey Taylor wins the Jim Thorpe Award as the GREATEST defensive back in CFB ๐ฅ This season ๐ - 3 INT (1 pick six) - 71 total tackles - 4.5 TFL - 4 PBU https://t.co/vjMWVTYigX
T'Vondre Sweat of Texas wins the @outlandtrophy. #NDFootball LT Joe Alt was a finalist along with Cooper Beebe of Kansas State. Late DE Ross Browner (1976) remains last #NotreDame player to win the Outland for nation's most outstanding interior lineman.
T'Vondre Sweat, your 2023 Outland Trophy Winner๐ค https://t.co/nfvLslB5E6
Air Force defensive back Trey Taylor wins the Jim Thorpe Award. Very cool watching the announcement.