Oct. 27, 2015
LARAMIE, Wyo. -
Ted Hendricks Award Watch List
The 2015 Ted Hendricks Award Committee announced this week its Midseason Watch List, and Wyoming senior Eddie Yarbrough is one of 32 candidates for this year's award. This is the second consecutive season that Yarbrough has been named to the Hendricks Watch List. The award is named for former University of Miami defensive end Ted Hendricks, who was college football's first three-time First Team All-American.
Yarbrough earned First Team All-Mountain West Conference honors as a sophomore in 2013 and a junior in 2014 in voting by conference head coaches and media members. In this, his senior season, he ranks third among all Mountain West defensive linemen in tackles, averaging 4.4 tackles per game. Yarbrough leads the Cowboys in sacks this season, with 3.0. He ranks No. 2 on Wyoming's career tackle for loss list, with 33.5 for his career. Yarbrough has recorded 35 tackles this season, 5.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks and one pass breakup.
A native of Aurora, Colo., where he played at Grandview High School, Yarbrough has been voted a team captain each of the past two seasons by his Cowboy teammates. He earned Honorable Mention Sophomore All-America honors from Campus Insiders/CollegeFootballNews.com in 2013.
Criteria for selection to the Ted Hendricks Award Watch List includes: 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 winner.
Members of the national media, head coaches, professional scouts and former winners are included in the Award's voting 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.
The Ted Hendricks Award has been presented annually since 2002. This year's winner will be announced on Dec. 9.
For more information, visit www.tedhendricks.com/award.
2015 HENDRICKS AWARD MIDSEASON WATCH LIST
Eddie Yarbrough, WYOMING
JONATHAN ALLEN, ALABAMA
DEREK BARNETT, TENNESSEE
TARELL BASHAM, OHIO
JOEY BOSA, OHIO STATE
QUINTON BRADLEY, IDAHO
WALTER BRADY, MISSOURI
DeFOREST BUCKNER, OREGON
SHILIQUE CALHOUN, MICHIGAN STATE
KAMALEI CORREA, BOISE STATE
JAMES COWSER, SOUTHERN UTAH
MYLES GARRETT, TEXAS A&M
DEONTE GIBSON, NORTHWESTERN
CHARLES HARRIS, MISSOURI
A.J. JEFFERSON, MISSISSIPPI STATE
JORDAN JENKINS, GEORGIA
BRONSON KAUFUSI, BYU
KYLE KRAGEN, CALIFORNIA
SHAQ LAWSON, CLEMSON
NICK MANGIERI, INDIANA
NATE MEIER, IOWA
CARL NASSIB, PENN STATE
LEWIS NEAL, LSU
YANNICK NGAKOUE, MARYLAND
EMMANUEL OGBAH, OKLAHOMA ST
DALE PIERSON, IOWA STATE
SHELDON RANKINS, LOUISVILLE
ISAAC ROCHELL, NOTRE DAME
PITA TAUMOEPENU, UTAH
JIHAD WARD, ILLINOIS
TERENCE WAUGH, KENT STATE
