Senior Cowboy defensive end Eddie Yarbrough was named to the Ted Hendricks Award watch list, honoring the top defensive end. (Photo via Jerrad Anderson, Townsquare Media)
Wyoming senior defensive end Eddie Yarbrough was named to the Ted Hendricks award watch list. The award, which honors the top defensive end in the country. Eddie Yarbrough, who was named to the same watch list last season, is one of 32 candidates on the list. Of the 32 candidates on the list five others are part of the “Group of Five” and one is an FCS player from Southern Utah.
Yarbrough, from Aurora, CO, leads the Cowboys with three sacks this season. He ranks second on Wyoming’s career list for tackles for loss with 33.5. Yarbrough has 35 tackles this season, five tackles for loss, three sacks, and one tackle for loss. Yarbrough was a team captain the last two seasons. He has also been named All-Mountain West first team the last two seasons.
For more information about the award, check this link: http://tedhendricks.com/award
The rest of the list is as follows:
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
