(BOISE, Idaho) -- A couple of Boise State University football players are already on the radar for an award, and the new football season hasn't even started as yet.
Boise State's junior cornerback Donte Deayon and redshirt senior safety Jeremy Ioane have been named to the 2014 Jim Thorpe Award Watch List, the school announced Friday.
The award is presented to the nation's top defensive back at the collegiate level.
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