Penn State’s Yetur Gross-Matos has been named to the Ted Hendricks’ Award’s most recent watch list. The Ted Hendricks Award is annually given out to the country’s top defensive end.
After playing last year and not truly understanding the idiosyncrasies of Penn State’s defensive system, Gross-Matos has come into his own in 2018 and has become not just one of the Big Ten’s, but one of the country’s top defensive ends.
Through the Nittany Lions first 11 games, Gross-Matos amassed 50 tackles to go along with 16.5 tackles for loss and 8.