Fresno State Athletics
Hendricks Award Mid-Season Watch List Tabs Davison
11/6/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football
By: Matt Burkholder
mburkholder@csufresno.edu
GoBulldogs.com
CHICAGO - The Terry Hendricks Foundation announced on Thursday that Fresno State senior defensive end Tyeler Davison was named to its Mid-Season Watch List for its annual award. Davison was an original candidate for the 2014 Hendricks Award on the initial preseason list announced Aug. 5.
Davison, one of 32 defensive ends named to the mid-season watch list, owns 40 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks through nine games. In five conference games, Davison leads the Mountain West with 31 tackles in conference games only by a defensive lineman. He set a career-high for tackles on Oct. 10 at UNLV with 14 tackles, and owns the single-game high among all Bulldogs for the year. Furthermore, the 14 tackles were the most tackles by a defensive lineman at Fresno State this century.
The Hendricks Award watch list will remain open to additions and deletions until the selection committee completes its first vote on Nov. 25.
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 is named in honor of college football's first three-time first-team All-American. As a defensive end at the University of Miami, Ted used his agility, height and reach to block passes and kicks, force interceptions and pressure quarterbacks and running backs. He roamed the front line, read plays and blitzed on impulse, completely transforming the way the defensive end position was played. His professional career spanned 15 years and 215 consecutive games. It included four Super Bowl victories, eight Pro Bowl selections and inductions into the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame. It is in the spirit of Ted Hendricks' aggressive style of play, winning attitude and determination that the Defensive End of the Year Award for college football's premier defensive end is presented.
Previous recipients of the Hendricks Award: 2002 - Terrell Suggs (Arizona State), 2003-04 - David Pollack (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) and 2013 - Jackson Jeffcoat (Texas).
The Hendricks Award voting committee will cast two votes: one to narrow the list of candidates to 4-6 finalists, and one to choose the winner for this season. The Final Mid-Season Watch List will be announced Nov. 25. The 2014 winner will be announced on December 10th.
For more information visit -- http://tedhendricks.com/award.htm.
Complete Hendricks Award Mid-Season Watch List
Henry Anderson - Stanford
Tarell Basham - Ohio
Vic Beasley - Clemson
Joey Bosa - Ohio State
Shilique Calhoun - Michigan State
Frank Clark - Michigan
James Cowser - Southern Utah
Tyeler Davison - Fresno State
Alvin Dupree - Kentucky
Mario Edwards, Jr. - Florida State
Trey Flowers - Arkansas
Dante Fowler, Jr. - Florida
Myles Garrett - Texas A&M
Markus Golden - Missouri
Randy Gregory - Nebraska
Eli Harold - Virginia
Brock Hekking - Nevada
Hau'oli Kikaha - Washington
Lorenzo Mauldin - Louisville
Silverberry Mouhon - Cincinnati
Ryan Mueller - Kansas State
Brian Nordstrom - Rice
Shawn Oakman - Baylor
Emmanuel Ogbah - Oklahoma State
Nate Orchard - Utah
Shane Ray - Missouri
Cedric Reed - Texas
Charles Tapper - Oklahoma
Eddie Vanderdoes - UCLA
Zach Wagenmann - Montana
Leonard Williams - USC
Eddie Yarbrough - Wyoming
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