For Immediate Release – 26 NOVEMBER 2019

Chicago, IL - and the Ted Hendricks Foundation have issued the final update to our Watch List for the 2019 edition of the , which honors the top in . Voting will begin this week, with our selection committee narrowing the field to a list of four to six finalists. Our final vote will be concluded on December 10th. We plan on announcing our 2019 recipient on December 11th.

FInal Watch List - 2019 edition of the Ted Hendricks Award (Updated November 26):

BRADLEE ANAE - UTAH PATRICK JONES II - CARLOS BASHAM JR. - WAKE FOREST KHALID KAREEM – NOTRE DAME OLUWOLE BETIKU JR. – ILLINOIS JESSIE LEMONIER - LIBERTY WILLIAM BRADLEY-KING - ARKANSAS ST. JAMES LYNCH – BAYLOR MARLON DAVIDSON - AUBURN DeANGELO MALONE – WESTERN KENTUCKY KHALIL DAVIS – NEBRASKA DOM PETERSON - NEVADA VICTOR DIMUKEJE – DUKE TAYLOR RIGGINS – BUFFALO A.J. EPENESA - IOWA QUINCY ROCHE – TEMPLE

KENDALL FUTRELL – EAST CAROLINA – MIAMI JOE GAZIANO - NORTHWESTERN DELONTAE SCOTT – SMU TREVIS GIPSON – TULSA DEMETRIUS TAYLOR – APPALACHIAN STATE YETUR GROSS-MATOS - PENN STATE ANDRE WALKER – HOUSTON BAPTIST LaDARIUS HAMILTON - NORTH TEXAS CURTIS WEAVER - BOISE ST.

ALEX HIGHSMITH – CHARLOTTE KENNY WILLEKES - MICHIGAN ST. WYATT HUBERT – KANSAS STATE – OHIO STATE

The Ted Hendricks Award is named in honor of college football’s first three-time first-team All-American. On-field performance, exceptional winning attitude, leadership abilities, contributions to school and community and academic preparedness are some of the criteria used to determine the Award’s recipient each year. Members of the national media, head coaches, professional scouts and former winners are included on the Award’s selection committee. Candidates may represent any class (Freshman through Senior) as well as any four-year NCAA accredited school. The candidate’s primary position must be Defensive End.

Previous recipients of the Hendricks Award: 2002 - (Arizona State) 2003 - (Georgia) 2004 - David Pollack (Georgia) 2005 - (Louisville) 2006 - LaMarr Woodley (Michigan) 2007 - (Virginia) 2008 - (Texas) 2009 - (TCU) 2010 - Da’Quan Bowers (Clemson) 2011 - (Illinois) 2012 - (South Carolina) 2013 - (Texas) 2014 - (Utah) 2015 - (Penn State) 2016 - (Alabama) 2017 - (N.C. State) 2018 – (Clemson)

For more information: TedHendricks.com email: [email protected]