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Ted Hendricks Award

The Ted Hendricks Award is given annually to college football's top defensive end. 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. The most recent recipient of the award was Rueben Bain Jr. from Miami (FL).

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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 recentRueben Bain Jr., Miami (FL) (2025)
Websitetedhendricks.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 Rueben Bain Jr. from Miami (FL).

Winners

Year Winner School
2002 Terrell Suggs Arizona State
2003 David Pollack Georgia
2004 David Pollack (2) Georgia
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 Jeffcoat3 Texas
2014 Nate Orchard4 Utah
2015 Carl Nassib5 Penn State
2016 Jonathan Allen6 Alabama
2017 Bradley Chubb7 NC State
2018 Clelin Ferrell8 Clemson
2019 Chase Young9 Ohio State
2020 No award givena
2021 Aidan Hutchinson10 Michigan
2022 Caleb Murphy2 Ferris State
2023 Laiatu Latu11 UCLA
2024 Donovan Ezeiruaku12 Boston College
2025 Rueben Bain Jr.13 Miami (FL)
  1. Attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic
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References

  1. Makrides, Alex (August 22, 2017). "Two FSU defensive ends named to Ted Hendricks Award watch list". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  2. "Ferris State's Caleb Murphy Becomes First-Ever Non-FBS Player To Win Prestigious Ted Hendricks Award". Ferris State Bulldogs. 2022-12-21.
  3. "Texas Longhorns Jackson Jeffcoat named 2013 Hendricks Award winner for top DE". Dallas Morning News. December 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  4. Goodbread, Chase (December 10, 2014). "Utah's Nate Orchard announced as Ted Hendricks Award winner". NFL.com. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  5. "Carl Nassib wins Ted Hendricks Award for top defensive end". Centre Daily Times. December 9, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  6. Potter, Charlie (December 7, 2016). "Alabama's Jonathan Allen wins 2016 Ted Hendricks Award". CBS Sports. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  7. Smith, R. Cory (December 6, 2017). "Bradley Chubb Wins 2017 Ted Hendricks Award". 247sports. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  8. "Clelin Ferrell Wins Ted Hendricks Award". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. December 6, 2018.
  9. Clay, Jarrod (11 December 2019). "Chase Young wins 2019 Ted Hendricks Award". WSYX. Columbus, OH. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  10. Ablauf, Dave; Shepard, Chad. "Hutchinson Named Ted Hendricks Award Winner, FWAA First Team All-American". mgoblue.com. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  11. Williams, James (7 December 2023). "UCLA's Laiatu Latu wins Lombardi, Ted Hendricks award". Los Angeles Daily News. Los Angeles, CA. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  12. Ezeiruaku, Donovan (21 December 2024). "Ted Hendricks Award". Ted Hendricks. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  13. Bain, Rueben (28 January 2026). "Ted Hendricks Award". Miami Hurricanes. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
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