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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Hardy Distinguished on Bednarik Award Watch List
8/13/2009 | Football
SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. - Ole Miss players continue to be nominated for some of college football's highest honors, and on Thursday, Greg Hardy made the watch list for the 15th Chuck Bednarik Award, as announced by Maxwell Football Club President Ron Jaworski.
The list is comprised of 55 candidates for the award, which honors the College Defensive Player of the Year.
A senior and two-time All-America selection from Millington, Tenn., Hardy is also on the watch list for the Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year Award and was included on most preseason All-America teams this summer. He boasts 32.5 career TFLs and 21.5 sacks, including an SEC-best 10.0 in 2007.
The Chuck Bednarik Award has been presented since 1995 and is named in honor of the former University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Eagle great. Bednarik is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame (1969) and the NFL Hall of Fame (1967).
Semifinalists for the Bednarik Award will be announced on Nov. 4 and three finalists for the award will be announced Nov. 23. The winner of the award will be announced as part of the Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Show which will be held on Dec. 10, 2009. The formal presentation of this award will be made at the Maxwell Football Club Awards Gala hosted by Harrah's Entertainment Atlantic City on Mar. 5, 2010.
The watch list candidates have been chosen by the Maxwell Football Club's Selection Committee and the Maxwell Club reserves the right to make additions and subtractions to these lists as the 2009 season unfolds. All members of the Maxwell Football Club, NCAA Sports Information Directors, Head Coaches and selected national media are eligible to vote for these awards.
Rey Maualuga from the Southern Cal was awarded the 14th Chuck Bednarik Award for his outstanding performance during the 2008 season. Recent winners include Dan Connor (Penn State), Paul Posluszny (Penn State), David Pollack (Georgia) and Teddy Lehman (Oklahoma).
The Maxwell and Chuck Bednarik Awards are members of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The NCFAA was founded in 1997 as a coalition of the major collegiate football awards to protect, preserve and enhance the integrity, influence and prestige of the game's predominant awards. The NCFAA encourages professionalism and the highest standards for the administration of its member awards and the selection of their candidates and recipients. For more information, visit the association's official website, ncfaa.org.
The list is comprised of 55 candidates for the award, which honors the College Defensive Player of the Year.
A senior and two-time All-America selection from Millington, Tenn., Hardy is also on the watch list for the Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year Award and was included on most preseason All-America teams this summer. He boasts 32.5 career TFLs and 21.5 sacks, including an SEC-best 10.0 in 2007.
The Chuck Bednarik Award has been presented since 1995 and is named in honor of the former University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Eagle great. Bednarik is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame (1969) and the NFL Hall of Fame (1967).
Semifinalists for the Bednarik Award will be announced on Nov. 4 and three finalists for the award will be announced Nov. 23. The winner of the award will be announced as part of the Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Show which will be held on Dec. 10, 2009. The formal presentation of this award will be made at the Maxwell Football Club Awards Gala hosted by Harrah's Entertainment Atlantic City on Mar. 5, 2010.
The watch list candidates have been chosen by the Maxwell Football Club's Selection Committee and the Maxwell Club reserves the right to make additions and subtractions to these lists as the 2009 season unfolds. All members of the Maxwell Football Club, NCAA Sports Information Directors, Head Coaches and selected national media are eligible to vote for these awards.
Rey Maualuga from the Southern Cal was awarded the 14th Chuck Bednarik Award for his outstanding performance during the 2008 season. Recent winners include Dan Connor (Penn State), Paul Posluszny (Penn State), David Pollack (Georgia) and Teddy Lehman (Oklahoma).
The Maxwell and Chuck Bednarik Awards are members of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The NCFAA was founded in 1997 as a coalition of the major collegiate football awards to protect, preserve and enhance the integrity, influence and prestige of the game's predominant awards. The NCFAA encourages professionalism and the highest standards for the administration of its member awards and the selection of their candidates and recipients. For more information, visit the association's official website, ncfaa.org.
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