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Fox Selected On Ted Hendricks Award Watch List
August 21, 2019 | Football
CHICAGO - North Carolina junior Tomon Fox has been named to the Preseason Watch List for the 2019 Ted Hendricks Award, which honors the top defensive end in college football.
Fox, who hails from Lawrenceville, Ga., started all eight games he appeared in during the 2018 season. He posted 27 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 8.5 TFLs, seven pressures, two fumble recoveries and a blocked field goal in his sophomore campaign.
As in past years, this list will remain open and subject to change throughout the season. The final version of the Watch List will be issued prior to our first ballot in late November. We plan on announcing our 2019 recipient on December 11.
2019 Ted Hendricks Award Preseason Watch List
BRADLEE ANAE – UTAH
JaQUAN BAILEY – IOWA STATE
CARLOS BASHAM – WAKE FOREST
ISAIAH CHAMBERS – HOUSTON
NICK COE – AUBURN
KENDALL COLEMAN – SYRACUSE
CARTER COUGHLIN – MINNESOTA
MIKE DANNA – MICHIGAN
MARLON DAVIDSON – AUBURN
RAEKWON DAVIS – ALABAMA
A.J. EPENESA – IOWA
ALI FAYAD – WESTERN MICHIGAN
TOMON FOX – NORTH CAROLINA
JONATHAN GARVIN – MIAMI
JOE GAZIANO – NORTHWESTERN
YETUR GROSS-MATOS – PENN STATE
LaDARIUS HAMILTON – NORTH TEXAS
JAMAL HINES – TOLEDO
PATRICK JOHNSON – TULANE
MUSTAFA JOHNSON – COLORADO
KHALID KAREEM – NOTRE DAME
RASHARD LAWRENCE – LSU
JESSIE LEMONIER – LIBERTY
ISAIAHH LOUDERMILK – WISCONSIN
JULIAN OKWARA – NOTRE DAME
DOM PETERSON – NEVADA
CHRISTIAN RECTOR – USC
CHAUNCEY RIVERS – MISSISSIPPI ST.
MALCOLM ROACH – TEXAS
ALTON ROBINSON – SYRACUSE
XAVIER THOMAS – CLEMSON
REGGIE WALKER – KANSAS STATE
CURTIS WEAVER – BOISE STATE
KENNY WILLEKES - MICHIGAN STATE
TOMAS WRIGHT – BRYANT
CHASE YOUNG – OHIO STATE
JABARI ZUNIGA – FLORIDA
Fox, who hails from Lawrenceville, Ga., started all eight games he appeared in during the 2018 season. He posted 27 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 8.5 TFLs, seven pressures, two fumble recoveries and a blocked field goal in his sophomore campaign.
As in past years, this list will remain open and subject to change throughout the season. The final version of the Watch List will be issued prior to our first ballot in late November. We plan on announcing our 2019 recipient on December 11.
2019 Ted Hendricks Award Preseason Watch List
BRADLEE ANAE – UTAH
JaQUAN BAILEY – IOWA STATE
CARLOS BASHAM – WAKE FOREST
ISAIAH CHAMBERS – HOUSTON
NICK COE – AUBURN
KENDALL COLEMAN – SYRACUSE
CARTER COUGHLIN – MINNESOTA
MIKE DANNA – MICHIGAN
MARLON DAVIDSON – AUBURN
RAEKWON DAVIS – ALABAMA
A.J. EPENESA – IOWA
ALI FAYAD – WESTERN MICHIGAN
TOMON FOX – NORTH CAROLINA
JONATHAN GARVIN – MIAMI
JOE GAZIANO – NORTHWESTERN
YETUR GROSS-MATOS – PENN STATE
LaDARIUS HAMILTON – NORTH TEXAS
JAMAL HINES – TOLEDO
PATRICK JOHNSON – TULANE
MUSTAFA JOHNSON – COLORADO
KHALID KAREEM – NOTRE DAME
RASHARD LAWRENCE – LSU
JESSIE LEMONIER – LIBERTY
ISAIAHH LOUDERMILK – WISCONSIN
JULIAN OKWARA – NOTRE DAME
DOM PETERSON – NEVADA
CHRISTIAN RECTOR – USC
CHAUNCEY RIVERS – MISSISSIPPI ST.
MALCOLM ROACH – TEXAS
ALTON ROBINSON – SYRACUSE
XAVIER THOMAS – CLEMSON
REGGIE WALKER – KANSAS STATE
CURTIS WEAVER – BOISE STATE
KENNY WILLEKES - MICHIGAN STATE
TOMAS WRIGHT – BRYANT
CHASE YOUNG – OHIO STATE
JABARI ZUNIGA – FLORIDA
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