Cornerback, Colorado, 1988–92
Deon Figures
Lettered 1988–91 (school media guide)
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Deon Figures played cornerback at Colorado (1988–92). He won the 1992 Jim Thorpe Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 1992. The Pittsburgh Steelers took Figures in the first round, No. 23 overall in the 1993 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2024.
At a glance
Honors
- Inducted 2024College Football Hall of Fame
- 1992Jim Thorpe Award
- 1992Jack Tatum Trophy
- 1992Consensus All‑American
- 1992Big Eight Defensive Player of the Year
- 1992First-team All-Big Eight
Team titles: Big Eight champions, 1989, 1990 and 1991; National champions, 1990
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
The teams in those years
- 1988 Colorado8–4Unranked at the end
- 1989 Colorado11–1No. 4 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions
- 1990 Colorado11–1–1No. 1 in the final AP poll; national champions; Big Eight champions
- 1991 Colorado8–3–1No. 20 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions
- 1992 Colorado9–2–1No. 13 in the final AP poll
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
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