Cunningham a Hendricks Award Preseason candidate

Junior defensive end Jermaine Cunningham has been named a pre-season candidate for the 2008 Ted
Hendricks Defensive End of the Year Award by the Ted Hendricks Foundation.

The award is named in honor of Hendricks, college football’s first three-time first team All-American.

Cunningham has 66 tackles, 36 solo and 30 assisted, in his first two seasons as a defensive end with the Gators. He has also recorded 12 tackles for loss and six-and-a-half sacks, while owning three pass deflections and one interception. He had a team season-high 17 tackles against No. 1 LSU in 2007, the
most tackles by any SEC defensive lineman during the 2007 season.  His 17 tackles were also the most tackles in a single game by a Gator since the 2004 season.

The 2008 winner will be announced on Dec. 10.