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Sept. 23, 2009

The nation's quarterback sacks leader Von Miller of Texas A&M headlined the early-season additions to the "watch list" for the 2009 Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year Award, the Hendricks Foundation announced on Wednesday. Miller joins Aggie teammates Jerrod Johnson (Manning Award), Kevin Matthews (Rimington Trophy) and Jamie McCoy (Mackey Award) on watch lists for various national awards.

Miller, a junior from DeSoto, Texas, leads the nation with an average of 3.0 sacks per game after notching three sacks in each of the Aggies' first two games of the 2009 season. With Miller leading the way, the Aggie defense has compiled 10 total sacks in 2009 after making just 16 for the entire 2008 season. Miller shifted from linebacker to a hybrid defensive end/linebacker position called the "jack" in Aggie defensive vernacular this season.

Also being added to the list were Korey Bosworth (UCLA), Carlos Dunlap (Florida), Tom Keiser (Stanford), Jake Laptad (Kansas), Josh McNary (Army), Aaron Morgan (Louisiana-Monroe), Derrick Morgan (Georgia Tech), Brooks Reed (Arizona) and Greg Romeus (Pittsburgh).

The Mid-Season Watch List, which will remain open to adjustments through our first vote, now includes 40 players. This list will be shortened to include five to six finalists in the final weeks of the season, and the final vote will be concluded on December 7th. The 2009 Hendricks Award winner will be announced December 9th.

Now in its eighth season, 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 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.

Previous recipients of the Hendricks Award include: Terrell Suggs (Arizona State), David Pollack (Georgia), Elvis Dumervil (Louisville), LaMarr Woodley (Michigan), Chris Long (Virginia) and Brian Orakpo (Texas).