CHICAGO, Ill. — Texas Football's Breckyn Hager was named to the watch list for the 2018 Ted Hendricks Award, the Ted Hendricks Foundation announced on Monday afternoon. Brian Orakpo (2008) and Jackson Jeffcoat (2013) have won the Award, which was first presented in 2002. Cory Redding (2002), Tim Crowder (2006) and Sergio Kindle (2009) have also been finalists.
Hager, a native of Austin, played in all 13 games a season ago and made four starts. He was named honorable mention All-Big 12 by the league's head coaches, finishing the season with 23 tackles, nine tackles for loss, four sacks, four pass breakups, three QB hurries and a fumble recovery.