Jorgensen on Ted Hendricks Mid-Season Watch List

PROVO, Utah – BYU senior defensive end Jan Jorgensen is one of 40 players nationally to be included on the 2009 Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year Mid-Season Watch List released this week by the Ted Hendricks Foundation.

Additions to the list include Korey Bosworth (UCLA), Carlos Dunlap (Florida), Tom Keiser (Stanford), Jake Laptad (Kansas), Josh McNary (Army), Von Miller (Texas A&M), Aaron Morgan (Louisiana-Monroe), Derrick Morgan (Georgia Tech), Brooks Reed (Arizona) and Greg Romeus (Pittsburgh).

The Mid-Season Watch 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 Dec. 7. The 2009 Hendricks Award winner will be announced Dec. 9.

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).

The 2009 Mid-Season Watch List now includes the following players:
RAHIM ALEM           LSU             
TREVOR ANDERSON      MICHIGAN STATE   
JEREMY BEAL          OKLAHOMA         
KOREY BOSWORTH       UCLA                  
ALEX CARRINGTON      ARKANSAS STATE     
ANTONIO COLEMAN      AUBURN                 
JERMAINE CUNNINGHAM  FLORIDA                 
DEXTER DAVIS         ARIZONA STATE          
CARLOS DUNLAP        FLORIDA                
AUSTON ENGLISH       OKLAHOMA              
BRANDON GRAHAM       MICHIGAN              
GREG HARDY           OLE MISS             
JERRY HUGHES         TCU                  
JAN JORGENSEN        BYU                   
TOM KEISER           STANFORD               
SERGIO KINDLE        TEXAS                  
JAMMIE KIRLEW        INDIANA               
BRANDON LANG         TROY                   
JAKE LAPTAD          KANSAS                
ERIK LORIG           STANFORD              
JOSH McNARY          ARMY
GREG MIDDLETON       INDIANA
VON MILLER           TEXAS A&M
KOA MISI             UTAH   
DONTAY MOCH          NEVADA
ERIC MONCUR          MIAMI
AARON MORGAN         LA-MONROE
DERRICK MORGAN       GEORGIA TECH  
DOUG PILCHER         ILLINOIS      
BROOKS REED          ARIZONA
GREG ROMEUS          PITTSBURGH
JAMES RUFFIN         NORTHERN IOWA
GEORGE SELVIE        SOUTH FLORIDA
WILL TUKUAFU         OREGON
LAWRENCE WILSON      OHIO STATE
CJ WILSON            EAST CAROLINA
LINDSEY WITTEN       CONNECTICUT
COREY WOOTTON        NORTHWESTERN
WILLIE YOUNG         N.C. STATE
FRANK ZOMBO          CENTRAL MICH.