Ted Hendricks Award

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Ted Hendricks Award
Awarded forThe top defensive end in college football
CountryUnited States
Presented byTed Hendricks Foundation
History
First award2002
Most recent Donovan Ezeiruaku, Boston College, 2024
Website tedhendricks.com/award.htm

The Ted Hendricks Award is given annually to college football's top defensive end. [1] The award is named after Ted Hendricks, a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame, and is presented by his own foundation. In 2022, Caleb Murphy, of NCAA Division II Ferris State University, became the first non-FBS player to win the award. [2] The most recent recipient of the award was Donovan Ezeiruaku from Boston College. [3]

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Winners

YearWinnerSchool
2002 Terrell Suggs Arizona State
2003 David Pollack Georgia
2004
2005 Elvis Dumervil Louisville
2006 LaMarr Woodley Michigan
2007 Chris Long Virginia
2008 Brian Orakpo Texas
2009 Jerry Hughes TCU
2010 Da'Quan Bowers Clemson
2011 Whitney Mercilus Illinois
2012 Jadeveon Clowney South Carolina
2013 Jackson Jeffcoat [4] Texas
2014 Nate Orchard [5] Utah
2015 Carl Nassib [6] Penn State
2016 Jonathan Allen [7] Alabama
2017 Bradley Chubb [8] NC State
2018 Clelin Ferrell [9] Clemson
2019 Chase Young [10] Ohio State
2020 No award given [a]
2021 Aidan Hutchinson [11] Michigan
2022 Caleb Murphy [2] Ferris State
2023 Laiatu Latu [12] UCLA
2024 Donovan Ezeiruaku [13] Boston College
  1. Attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic

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References

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