University of Georgia Athletics
UGA Senior Roverback Kentrell Curry of Toccoa Named To Jim Thorpe Award Pre-Season Watch List
June 30, 2003 | Football
June 30, 2003
ATHENS, Ga. --- Senior rover Kentrell Curry of the Georgia football team has been chosen to the preseason watch list for the 2003 Jim Thorpe Award, which is given annually to the nation's top defensive back.
Curry, a native of Toccoa, led the Bulldogs last season with four interceptions, including one that he returned for a touchdown. He ranked sixth on the 2002 squad with 69 total tackles and garnered Second-Team All-SEC honors.
Curry helped anchor a unit that finished first in the SEC and fourth nationally in scoring defense (15.1 ppg), first in the SEC in red zone defense (58.8%), second in the SEC and 19th nationally in rushing defense (114.0 ypg), and fourth in the SEC and 15th nationally in total defense (303.5 ypg), and allowed only 30 total second-half points in the final seven games of the season.
The watch list will be narrowed to 10 semi-finalists the first Monday in November and then to three finalists the Monday before Thanksgiving. The winner will be announced on ESPN's College Football Awards Show, telecast from Disney World on Dec. 11. The official presentation of the award will be in Oklahoma City on Feb. 9, 2004.
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