Senior Texas Longhorns defensive end Alex Okafor has been selected as the College Football Performance Awards Division I FBS 2012 Elite Defensive Lineman Trophy winner, the CFPA has announced. Okafor becomes the fourth Longhorn in four consecutive seasons to earn national CFPA honors as Foswhitt "Fozzy" Whittaker was named the 2011 CFPA Kickoff Returner Trophy winner, Sam Acho was selected as the 2010 CFPA Defensive Lineman Trophy winner and Earl Thomas was selected as the CFPA Defensive Back Trophy winner in 2009. Texas is the only program to have a player earn CFPA honors each year from 2009-2012.