On a day he was getting honored, Jahdae Barron still had the Oklahoma Sooners on his mind.
After Googling who he was, Barron was a defensive back for the Texas Longhorns for five years before finally getting to move on to the NFL. He played in 56 games at Texas while making 38 starts.
During his five years with Texas, Barron got to experience the Red River Rivalry five times. He had a 2-3 losing record against the Sooners.
Barron finally broke out last season as a fifth-year senior and fully grown man. He was a First Team All-American by Associated Press and won the Jim Thorpe Award as the top defensive back in college football.
With the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in control of the award, Barron was in Oklahoma this week to officially receive his Jim Thorpe Award.
While in the area, Barron took a detour to Norman and posed for a picture with his trophy in front of Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. He made sure to avoid Heisman Park, though.
Barron posted the photo on Instagram buried after other pictures from the NFL Scouting Combine.
Jahdae Barron made a quick stop after his Jim Thorpe Award trophy ceremony according to his latest IG post. @ontexasfootball pic.twitter.com/7FEN7n0UgI
— CJ Vogel (@CJVogel_OTF) March 6, 2025
While Texas fans enjoyed Barron's odd attempted troll job and made it known, Sooner Nation was unbothered.
Coming back to this, the guy taking the picture is in the middle of the road… This Means:
— Brewer Sooner (@BrewerSooner) March 6, 2025
- This is the middle of the night.
- A car is pulled in a way the headlights could face him, blocking the whole road.
- This took time to set up, meaning they had time.
How sad. https://t.co/UZcyt31ypU
Yes. His losing record against OU really killed us. However will we recover https://t.co/o1YiGTCG12
— Barstool Sooners (@OUBarstool) March 6, 2025
Ain’t no way yall let him make it out of Norman 🤣 https://t.co/7YX4vNjMNi
— Nik Bonitto (@nikkkkbonitto) March 6, 2025
No Texas gear on, pic was clearly taken in the middle of the night, and dude waited to post it til he got back. Jus kinda lame n weird 😭🤣 https://t.co/e1vSmYUNlI
— BOOMERBUST (@MOFIPOLO) March 7, 2025
This is weird https://t.co/hRU1xUKiPR
— College Football Updates (@collegefoo1ball) March 6, 2025
If you look up rent free in the dictionary, you'll see this as an example https://t.co/jXGPB8khuF
— Barstool Sooners (@OUBarstool) March 6, 2025
Barron pulled up to a stadium with more Heismans, nattys, and conference trophies.
— ⭕️U - Woerzy (@woerzyfbaby) March 6, 2025
Hey kid, walk in those doors and see what a real football trophy case looks like. https://t.co/smjVYEIrt6