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Brooks Added to Bednarik Award Watch List
October 10, 2019 | Football
Senior linebacker is one of 11 players added by the Maxwell Football Club.
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech senior linebacker Jordyn Brooks was added Thursday to the watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award, which is presented annually to the top defensive player in college football.
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It's the first time Brooks has appeared on the Bednarik watch list and the third-straight year a Red Raider has been represented as Dakota Allen was a preseason candidate for the award prior to the 2017 and 2018 campaigns.
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The selection comes during a week that Brooks has been piling up the accolades. He was tabbed the Walter Camp Foundation's National Defensive Player of the Week on Sunday and the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week the following day. Additionally, he was named Bronko Nagurski Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday. He is the first Red Raider since Daniel Charbonnet in 2008 to receive the Walter Camp and Bronko Nagurski weekly awards.
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Tech secured its first victory at home over a ranked opponent since 2013 behind Brooks, who helped push the Red Raiders to seven sacks on the afternoon, one shy of the Tech single-game record. Brooks logged three of those sacks on his own, the most for a Red Raider since Kris Williams had a similar total against Kansas in 2016.
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Brooks' 19 tackles marked the most by a Red Raider since Lawrence Flugence totaled 21 in a 2002 victory at Iowa State. His four tackles behind the line of scrimmage were also the most by a Red Raider since Will Smith recorded the same amount at Texas in 2013.
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Brooks, who shares the Big 12 single-game high for tackles, sacks and tackles for a loss, has recorded at least 10 tackles in four of five games this season entering this Saturday's road trip to Baylor. He is the Big 12 leader with 60 tackles on the season and ranks fourth nationally in total tackles per game (12.0).
Brooks and the Red Raiders will face their third-straight top 25 foe on Saturday when Tech makes its first trip to Waco since the 2007 campaign. Kickoff between the Red Raiders and No. 22 Bears is slated for 3 p.m. at McLane Stadium.
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It's the first time Brooks has appeared on the Bednarik watch list and the third-straight year a Red Raider has been represented as Dakota Allen was a preseason candidate for the award prior to the 2017 and 2018 campaigns.
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The selection comes during a week that Brooks has been piling up the accolades. He was tabbed the Walter Camp Foundation's National Defensive Player of the Week on Sunday and the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week the following day. Additionally, he was named Bronko Nagurski Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday. He is the first Red Raider since Daniel Charbonnet in 2008 to receive the Walter Camp and Bronko Nagurski weekly awards.
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Tech secured its first victory at home over a ranked opponent since 2013 behind Brooks, who helped push the Red Raiders to seven sacks on the afternoon, one shy of the Tech single-game record. Brooks logged three of those sacks on his own, the most for a Red Raider since Kris Williams had a similar total against Kansas in 2016.
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Brooks' 19 tackles marked the most by a Red Raider since Lawrence Flugence totaled 21 in a 2002 victory at Iowa State. His four tackles behind the line of scrimmage were also the most by a Red Raider since Will Smith recorded the same amount at Texas in 2013.
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Brooks, who shares the Big 12 single-game high for tackles, sacks and tackles for a loss, has recorded at least 10 tackles in four of five games this season entering this Saturday's road trip to Baylor. He is the Big 12 leader with 60 tackles on the season and ranks fourth nationally in total tackles per game (12.0).
Brooks and the Red Raiders will face their third-straight top 25 foe on Saturday when Tech makes its first trip to Waco since the 2007 campaign. Kickoff between the Red Raiders and No. 22 Bears is slated for 3 p.m. at McLane Stadium.
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