Editing Ted Hendricks (section)

==College career==
[[File:Ted Hendricks, circa 1968.png|thumb|Hendricks, {{Circa|1968}}]]
Hendricks received 4 scholarship offers (baseball, basketball, football and academic) from the [[University of Miami]].  He accepted the Academic scholarship and took the honors curriculum as a math major and psychology minor.<ref name=":5" /> He is best known for his football prowess while playing stand-up [[defensive end]] for the University of Miami during the 1966 through 1968 seasons. He was a three-time [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1966 College Football All-America Team|1966]],[[1967 College Football All-America Team|1967]],[[1968 College Football All-America Team|1968]]), consensus first-team All-American in 1967-68, and finished fifth in the 1968 [[Heisman Trophy]] voting.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Consensus All-America Teams (1960-1969) |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/awards/all-america-1960-1969.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> In 1968, he was named National Lineman of the Year by the [[United Press International|United Press]].<ref name=":10" /> While in college, Hendricks became a member of [[Kappa Sigma]] fraternity.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prominent Alumni |url=https://www.kappasigma.org/prominent-alumni/ |website=kappasigma.org |publisher=Kappa Sigma Fraternity |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>

While playing for Miami, Hendricks made 327 total [[tackle (football move)|tackles]] (the most ever by a Miami defensive lineman).<ref name="THEODORE PAUL HENDRICKS">{{cite web |title=THEODORE PAUL HENDRICKS |url=https://www.cfbhall.com/about/inductees/inductee/ted-hendricks-1987/ |website=cfbhall.com |publisher=College Football Hall of Fame |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref> He also led the team in solo tackles by a defensive lineman with 139.  Hendricks also recovered 12 [[fumble]]s during his playing career. He recorded a career-high of 4 [[quarterback sack]]s against the [[University of Florida]] in 1968. In his junior year of 1967 he caused nine turnovers.<ref name=":5" />

It was at Miami that the tall, thin Hendricks gained the nickname "the Mad Stork."<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Pompei |first=Dan |title=NFL 100: At No. 77, Ted Hendricks perfectly combined athleticism, length, brains and personality |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2686255/2021/07/20/nfl-100-at-no-77-ted-hendricks-perfectly-combined-athleticism-length-brains-and-personality/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Question & Answer Ted Hendricks {{!}} Pro Football Hall of Fame |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/news/2001/11/news-question-and-answer-ted-hendricks/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=pfhof |language=en}}</ref> It was a nickname that would follow him until his NFL days, when he was simply called "the Stork". His Baltimore Colts teammate [[Mike Curtis (American football)|Mike Curtis]] attested to the appropriateness of the moniker, noting that when the 6'7" Hendricks ran with "those long, skinny legs flapping every which way...he really does look like a mad stork."<ref>Mike Curtis with Bill Gilbert, ''Keep Off My Turf.'' Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott & Co., 1972; p. 17.</ref> (Hendricks has long advocated Curtis be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Preston |first=Mike |date=October 25, 2019 |title=Former Baltimore Colts great Mike Curtis might finally get his much-deserved Hall of Fame nod |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2019/10/25/preston-former-baltimore-colts-great-mike-curtis-might-finally-get-his-much-deserved-hall-of-fame-nod/ |work=Baltimore Sun}}</ref>)

Hendricks's Miami jersey was retired in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Underwood |first1=Cameron J. |title=89 days to Miami Hurricanes Football: A tribute to Ted Hendricks |url=https://www.stateoftheu.com/2017/6/5/15717652/miami-hurricanes-football-a-tribute-to-ted-hedricks-89-jersey-greatest-ever-hall-of-fame-dominant |website=stateoftheu.com |date=June 5, 2017 |publisher=Vox Media, LLC. |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref> In 1987, he was elected to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]].<ref name="THEODORE PAUL HENDRICKS"/> In 2020, [[ESPN]] selected its list of the top 150 players in the history of college football, naming Hendricks at number 85.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-14 |title=The 150 greatest players in college football history: Jim Brown is No. 1 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/page/cfb150players/the-150-greatest-players-college-football-150-year-history |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

Hendricks was inducted into the [[University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1980.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Ted Hendricks |url=https://www.umsportshalloffame.com/ted-hendricks.html |website=umsportshalloffame.com |publisher=University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>

The Ted Hendricks Award is given annually to college football's top defensive end. The award is presented by his own 501(c)(3) foundation, the Ted Hendricks Foundation.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ted Hendricks Official Site |url=https://tedhendricks.com/award.htm |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=tedhendricks.com}}</ref>