If one were to ask an NFL fan to list the most intimidating nicknames in league history, chances are “The Mad Stork” wouldn’t make the cut.
In fact, the moniker might even be mistaken for a Disney character.
However, owing to his tall frame and lean physique, Ted Hendricks was bequeathed The Mad Stork due to his ferocious play.
Ted Hendricks “The Mad Stork” @Raiders @ProFootballHOF @NFL @NFLAlumni @NFLFilms pic.twitter.com/zp7S5iCpGK
— NFL Classic! (@79_nfl) April 23, 2022
During his impressive 15-year career, Hendricks was an eight-time Pro Bowler and four-time Super Bowl winner.
Of the three teams he played for, Hendricks was most notable for his nine years with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders.
As a Raider, he was part of a colorful group of players who scared the daylights out of opponents.
This is the story of Ted Hendricks.
Foreign Born, American Made
Theodore Paul Hendricks was born on November 1, 1947, in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Happy birthday to Hall of Famer, Ted Hendricks 🎂 pic.twitter.com/z5akm0Cfmq
— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) November 1, 2022
Hendricks’s father had moved to the country as a mechanic for Pan-Am and married a native from Guatemala.
“My roots are in the banyan trees,” Hendricks said in 1983. “My cousin owns a rum factory in Quezaltenango. Each city has its different costume…the beauty there…. I get excited just thinking about it….”
A few years after Ted was born, the family relocated to Hialeah, Florida, and the young boy began to grow, fast.
By the time he reached Hialeah High School, Hendricks was well past six feet tall but had trouble putting on weight.
That didn’t stop him from becoming one of the best athletes in school history.
Earlier today, we asked you which Pro Football Hall of Famer the child on the left grew up to be.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: The Mad Stork himself and @Raiders legend Ted Hendricks! pic.twitter.com/DhZUfVXZH1
— Pro Football Hall of Fame (@ProFootballHOF) May 10, 2023
As he matriculated through high school, Hendricks played basketball, football, track, and baseball.
He excelled in each sport and took home All-City honors twice for football (as a defensive end) and basketball by the Miami Herald and also received All-American honors from Scholastic Coach Magazine.
@RaysBaseball Hialeah High School had Charlie Hough pitching and Ted Hendricks playing first base. Hendricks was all city bball, ftball and hoops.
— Charles Neustein (@CLNeustein) May 12, 2019
As great as he was at athletics, Hendricks was no slouch in the classroom.
He loved watching the space program come of age as a youth and saw himself one day working for NASA.
To achieve that goal, Hendricks solved complicated math problems for fun, graduated in the top 5% of his class, and received the Silver Knight Award as the best scholar-athlete in Miami-Dade County.
He was also bi-lingual and spoke Spanish almost as well as English.
Scholarship to Miami
Hendricks had his choice of colleges but decided to stay home and attend the University of Miami.
Remarkably, the U offered Hendricks scholarships for football, basketball, baseball, and academics.
Hendricks chose the academic scholarship and began coursework in physics and honors math.
As a freshman, Hendricks wasn’t allowed to play on the varsity team due to NCAA rules at the time.
Instead, he played offense for the Hurricanes’ freshman team as a tall, lanky receiver.
Ted Hendricks with an awesome old Miami Hurricanes helmet pic.twitter.com/U2GU7KjI7l
— SportsPaper (@SportsPaperInfo) July 17, 2017
Then in a twist of fate, the ‘Canes coaches switched Hendricks back to the defense before his sophomore year.
His life was about to take off.
“The Mad Stork” is Born
At the beginning of his second year with Miami, Hendricks was 6’7 and a whisper under 220 pounds.
Coaches initially worried that he would be thrown around and dominated by heavier offensive players.
Ted Hendricks of the Miami Hurricanes, c. 1966. pic.twitter.com/pZdVKkUPJY
— SportsPaper (@SportsPaperInfo) July 31, 2015
Someone forgot to tell Hendricks, who was fast, agile, and smart.
He was also deceptively strong for someone who rarely, if ever, touched a barbell in his life.
While starting at defensive end for the ‘Canes, Hendricks helped the squad reach an 8-2-1 record in 1966 and a 14-7 victory over VPI (now known as Virginia Tech) in the Liberty Bowl.
It was during this time that the defensive players for Miami were handing out nicknames and Hendricks received his unusual moniker.
“Everybody on our defensive unit was given a nickname with, “Mad,” in front of it by our defensive lineman, who was a middle guard, Nelson Salemi,” said Hendricks. “He was, ‘The Mad Dog.’ And since the Ibis is the mascot for the Miami Hurricanes, that’s the last bird to leave before a hurricane hits, and that’s in the stork family, so, I had the nickname ‘Mad Stork’ cause I had real skinny legs.”
The Mad Stork was uncanny in chasing down running backs and receivers, players who are supposed to be much faster than defensive linemen.
At the end of his sophomore year, Hendricks was named a second-team All-American.
No Stopping Hendricks
In 1967, the Hurricanes returned to a bowl when the team went 7-4 and lost to the Colorado Buffaloes in the Bluebonnet Bowl.
Ted Hendricks with the Miami Hurricanes pic.twitter.com/aRd3k6ygoP
— SportsPaper (@SportsPaperInfo) September 29, 2020
The following year the team went 5-5.
Hendricks did everything in his power to help Miami and frequently displayed an amazing ability to sniff out a football.
During his junior year alone, The Mad Stork was responsible for nine opponent turnovers including an interception and a blocked kick.
In a game against the University of Pittsburgh on October 21, Hendricks burst through the Panthers’ offensive line during a field goal attempt, blocked the kick, then grabbed the loose ball and returned it 20 yards before being tackled.
As a senior in 1968, the Florida Gators’ quarterback couldn’t run away fast enough from Hendricks as The Mad Stork collected four sacks.
By the end of his senior year in 1968, Hendricks had a three-year total of 327 combined tackles (tops in program history for a defensive lineman), a program-leading 139 solo tackles, and 12 fumble recoveries.
The Mad Stork, Ted Hendricks. Pro Football Hall of Famer…and a Miami Hurricane. 89 days until kickoff. pic.twitter.com/90p1pybt6b
— Miami Hurricanes (@MiamiHurricanes) June 2, 2013
He was voted a unanimous All-American after his junior and senior years, making Hendricks the only three-time All-American in team history.
Even more astounding for someone who didn’t tote the football, Hendricks finished fifth in the 1968 Heisman Trophy balloting.
“No one who ever played defensive end on the college level ever played it any better,” said his coach, Charlie Tate.
Since leaving college, Hendricks has been voted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame, and his number 89 has been retired by the school.
Hendricks Becomes a Colt
During the 1968 NFL season, the Baltimore Colts took a 13-1 regular season record into the playoffs.
After beating Minnesota in the Conference Playoff and Cleveland in the NFL Championship, the Colts lost to Joe Namath and the New York Jets in Super Bowl III.
Surprisingly, even though Baltimore was loaded with defenders such as Mike Curtis, Bubba Smith, Billy Ray Smith, and Don Shinnick, the franchise selected Hendricks with the 33rd overall pick in the second round of the 1969 NFL Draft.
Before the pick, there was disagreement between team owner Carroll Rosenbloom and head coach Don Shula about drafting Hendricks.
Rosenbloom believed The Mad Stork was far too light to be an effective NFL defensive end.
Eventually, Shula won the argument and took the kid from Miami.
#83 Ted Hendricks
Hendricks foi outro gigante que atuou pelo Colts. Nascido na Guatemala, o DE/LB atuou pela franquia na era Baltimore, sendo selecionado na 2ª rodada do Draft de 1969 (33ª escolha geral, vindo de Miami) e foi fundamental para a conquista do SB V. pic.twitter.com/CSiK9iwpT5
— Colts BR 🇧🇷 (@potrosbr) June 21, 2021
When the owner met Hendricks for the first time, Rosenbloom’s first order of business was to weigh his new player.
It turns out that decision cost Hendricks a few extra dollars in his contract.
“I guess you don’t have any objection if I weigh you, do you?” Rosenbloom’s son Steve said. The bathroom scale showed 218, with clothes. “He caught us off guard,” said Hendricks’ agent, Mike Zarowny. “If Ted had eaten first, he’d have been $5,000 ahead. But I never would have watered him. I wouldn’t water a client.”
Fully expecting to be hazed as one of the team’s rookies, Hendricks was shocked when the Colts veterans instead welcomed him with open arms.
“The day I joined the team,” Hendricks said in 1983, “all the veterans came over to me and said, ‘We’re glad to have you with us’—all of them, John Mackey, Ray Perkins, Lou Michaels, John Unitas. They were all gentlemen. I found out later that Unitas was glad to see me because I was the only guy on the team with skinnier legs than his.”
Hendricks and Baltimore Win a Super Bowl
In Hendricks’ rookie year, he started eight games and had 32 tackles, a blocked kick (one of 25 in his career), and collected two sacks.
(The NFL did not keep track of sacks or tackles at the time, but many teams kept their own stats).
Before the seventh game of the 1969 season, Shula switched Hendricks to outside linebacker, and a menace was born.
Baltimore won eight games and missed the postseason, further widening the chasm between Shula and Rosenbloom.
During his tenure as coach, Shula’s squad had good regular season records but lost the 1964 NFL Championship game and Super Bowl III, upsetting Rosenbloom.
He was offered the head coaching job with the Miami Dolphins in 1970 and Shula jumped ship.
New Baltimore head coach Don McCafferty kept Hendricks (now known simply as “The Stork”) at outside linebacker and he responded with 67 tackles, one sack, and a 31-yard interception return.
The Stork also began emulating teammate Curtis, who was known as a no-nonsense head hunter who was prone to give clothesline tackles.
Ted Hendricks during his time with the Colts pic.twitter.com/vgMgafoiDe
— Sports Days Past (@SportsDaysPast) October 5, 2020
After watching Curtis behead yet another victim, Hendricks decided to add the clothesline to his repertoire.
“I thought Mike broke his arm [after a tackle],” said Hendricks in 2017. “And then I went back to the huddle and I said, ‘Mike, are you OK?’ And he says, ‘Yeah, you know, nothing wrong.’ And he had the forearm pads on. I was wearing the forearm pads the next game, too.”
In just his second year as a pro, Hendricks and the Colts won 11 games in 1970 and beat Cincinnati and Oakland in the playoffs.
The franchise then won Super Bowl V, 16-13, over Dallas when Colts kicker Jim O’Brien nailed a 32-yard field goal with five seconds left.
Hendricks Leaves Baltimore
In 1971, Baltimore returned to the postseason looking for another title but was upended by Shula and the Dolphins in the AFC Championship game.
Hendricks went to his first of four straight Pro Bowls and was selected as an All-Pro after snagging no less than five interceptions, bagging 63 tackles and five sacks, and returning a fumble 31-yards for his first NFL touchdown.
The 1971 Baltimore Colts Defense was legendary. Gave up 10 points a game while dealing with an offense that averaged about 2.5 turnovers a game. This was one fantastic linebacker corps…Ted Hendricks, "Mad Dog" Mike Curtis, & Ray May… pic.twitter.com/N6OIGBea9j
— CL (@jones7carr81) November 1, 2020
As the Colts missed the postseason in 1972 and 1973, Hendricks continued to play at a high level and had 185 combined tackles, five combined interceptions, 10 combined sacks, and four fumble recoveries.
However, the team as a whole got worse, and McCafferty was replaced with Howard Schnellenberger before 1973.
Hendricks was tired of losing and wanted out of Baltimore.
He approached general manager Joe Thomas who implored Hendricks to keep playing.
In an effort to get his way, Hendricks announced in the summer of 1974 that he would be playing for the Jacksonville Sharks of the World Football League beginning in 1975.
That angered Thomas and the GM traded The Stork to Green Bay.
“Thomas told me, ‘I’m putting you in cold storage,’ ” Hendricks said.
The Stork Thrives as a Packer
When former coach and general manager Vince Lombardi left Green Bay after the 1967 Super Bowl II season, the franchise fell on hard times.
The Packers became a mediocre organization that returned to the postseason just once before Hendricks arrived in 1974.
During the ‘74 season, the Pack continued to underwhelm and finished the year 6-8.
The Stork, on the other hand, played like a man possessed.
Ted Hendricks as a Green Bay Packer…..yep it happened in 1974…..he was there for one year between his runs in Baltimore and for the Raiders….. pic.twitter.com/ivj9TYr2qQ
— PolyesterPalace (@PolyesterPalace) May 8, 2022
That year, he hounded opponents with five picks (best on the Packers), 75 tackles, one sack, one safety, one fumble recovery, and no less than seven blocked kicks (an NFL record).
After the season, head coach Dan Devine left for Notre Dame and former Packer quarterback Bart Starr took over.
Hendricks approached Starr and asked to be given a guaranteed contract.
Starr declined, and Hendricks was left to look elsewhere for employment.
Hendricks Becomes a Raider
Just when Hendricks was ready to report to the Jacksonville Sharks, the franchise missed its first payment to him as the WFL was going bankrupt.
That meant Hendricks was a free agent.
Several teams, including Atlanta and Miami, were interested in signing Hendricks.
His quest for a new organization ended when he received a call from Al Davis, owner of the Oakland Raiders.
“Don’t sign, I’ll top whatever they offer you,” Davis said.
Hendricks then flew out to California to meet with Davis and head coach John Madden.
Upon seeing The Stork, Davis was stunned by Hendricks’ slight frame and suggested he start lifting weights to bulk up.
“Al and I met with Ted and his agent in Oakland,” Madden said in 1983. “Al said, ‘His body looks undeveloped.’ He started talking about a weight program. Ted laughed. He said, ‘Al, when I grab ’em they’re grabbed. I don’t need weights.’ “
Davis was convinced and signed Hendricks.
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Hall of Fame Linebacker Ted Hendricks spent 1 single season in Green Bay in 1974 making the All-Pro Team. The Raiders then used 2 first-round picks to get him to Oakland. pic.twitter.com/oU0qBPUU76— nflpastplayers (@nflpastplayers) October 3, 2022
During the 1975 season, Hendricks came off the bench and started just five games for the 11-3 Raiders.
He still had 27 tackles, two interceptions, five sacks, and one safety.
The Stork Gains Another Nickname
Hendricks had always been a bit of a character, but his true self came out in full force as a Raider.
Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer Ted Hendricks!#HBD | @Raiders pic.twitter.com/7PS6uNDjoU
— Pro Football Hall of Fame (@ProFootballHOF) November 1, 2021
It helped that Madden only had three rules for his players.
“Be on time, pay attention, play like hell when I tell you to,” said Madden. “As long as you do those three things, there’s not a hell of a lot to fine you for.”
The Stork took the rules to heart and fit right in with the likes of Ken Stabler, John Matuszak, Phil Villapiano, Jack Tatum, and Skip Thomas.
“Ted Hendricks was a bit of a goofball,” Kenny “Snake” Stabler said. “But all that meant was that he fit in with all the rest of the guys on our team who were like that.”
During team drills one day, Hendricks got upset and kicked the helmet of a teammate who was lying on the ground.
From that day forth, he was also known as “Kick ‘em in the head, Ted.”
Call him "The Mad Stork" or "Kick 'Em In The Head Ted", Ted Hendricks is one of NFL history's true characters.
One of the best players ever:
• 9x All-AFC, 1x All-NFC
• 4 safeties (t-NFL record)
• 24 blocked kicks/punts
• 26 INT
• 16 fumble recoveries
• 64 sacks
• 4 TD pic.twitter.com/illng9dTfz— Kevin Gallagher (@KevG163) November 1, 2020
Hendricks also had a knack for being a prankster on a team filled with jokers.
As Madden took a head count at the start of practice during the season, he couldn’t find Hendricks.
When he asked the team where he was, The Stork suddenly burst onto the field riding a horse and wearing a German army helmet with the Raiders logo on each side.
Once he reached the 50-yard line, Hendricks dismounted and told Madden he was ready for practice.
“It really just happened by chance,” Hendricks explained. “A friend’s daughter was taking her horse out to ride nearby. So I asked if I could borrow the horse for about 15 minutes.”
Apparently, arriving to practice on a horse wasn’t the strangest thing Madden had witnessed as Oakland’s coach.
“On another team, you start a practice like that, and someone’s gonna be fined, demoted, or sent home,” said fullback Mark van Eeghen. “But it had nothing to do with lack of respect. He was on time, he practiced hard. He didn’t violate anything. John loved that. You can’t script stuff like that. That’s what our team was all about.”
Sure enough, Madden hardly batted an eyelash.
“That’s nice, Ted,” Madden said. “Now get rid of the horse and let’s get to work.”
Hendricks Wins Another Super Bowl
The pranks continued throughout the rest of Hendricks’s career.
However, when it was game time, The Stork played his heart out.
“I was always big on just being ready to play on Sunday, and then play like hell,” Madden said. “(Hendricks) was the epitome of that. He might do something crazy on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but there was nobody more ready to play when the game began.”
In 1976, Hendricks returned to start full-time and had 57 tackles, one interception, six sacks, and one safety.
“Hendricks was nearly impossible to block at the point of attack, he was one of the first who could actually dictate to the offense, and on fourth down, he could block field goals and punts and extra points like no other player in the history of the game” said Davis in 1990. “He was the consummate linebacker, more complete, more all-around than anyone else who played this great game. His records, as well as his play, prove it, and this 6-7 giant was guided by a killer mentality.”
Oakland won 13 games in ‘76 then took care of New England and Pittsburgh in the playoffs for the right to face the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI.
John Matuszak #72 and Ted Hendricks #83
Right before they pick up Coach John Madden and carry him off the field on their shoulders. Super Bowl XI January 9, 1977. Happy Toozday!@Angelrdz66@denniss9117 @KSJM_12_72 @Raiders @SensingerDarvin @ronzoni64 @SilverNBlackJWB pic.twitter.com/VnQ9g9BOto— AK (@AK7682) May 12, 2020
In the Raiders’ first Super Bowl appearance, Hendricks and the defense easily took care of the Vikings’ Purple People Eaters’ defense and won, 32-14.
“That game was over with in the third quarter,” remarked Hendricks. “We had to chase Fran Tarkenton all over the field.”
The Raiders Keep Winning
After losing in the 1977 AFC Championship game to Denver, and then missing the postseason in 1978 with a 9-7 record, Madden retired from coaching and headed to the broadcast booth.
New coach Tom Flores took over, but the antics of Hendricks and the Raiders continued.
The team went 9-7 again in 1979, then won 11 times in 1980 before beating Houston, Cleveland, and San Diego in the playoffs.
For the third time in his career, Hendricks found himself in another title game, this time it was Super Bowl XV against the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Mad Stork Ted Hendricks helps The Judge Lester Hayes with his chin strap during a Super Bowl XV TV timeout. #RaiderNation #Raiders #RaiderPride pic.twitter.com/dhzyfFGIjC
— Raiders History (@Oaklraiders1976) April 11, 2023
While the team was in New Orleans for the contest, teammate, and close friend, John Matuszak was in typical Raider form.
“John Matuszak was out past curfew, and he was saying he was patrolling the streets to make sure none of us were out on the streets at all,” recalled Hendricks. “Dick Vermeil [Eagles coach] had said if he did that on his team, he would’ve sent him back. One of our players said, ‘Well if he did that, the coach would be the only one standing out there.’”
The Stork then won his third ring when the Raiders hammered Philly, 27-10.
During the ‘80 season, Hendricks tallied 76 tackles, three interceptions, a career-high 8.5 sacks, four fumble recoveries, and one safety.
His stats led to a return to the Pro Bowl, a contest he hadn’t played in since 1974.
Hendricks Quits on Top
Before the 1982 season, the Raiders relocated to Los Angeles.
The organization also gained another character in defensive end Lyle Alzado.
Despite a reputation for being a little unhinged, Alzado was dumbstruck at the personalities on the LA team and commented that they were “camped out on the edge of reality.”
“I told him, ‘Lyle, we’re not camped out. We’re over it. But we can flip-flop. Flop, we’re out, flip, we’re back in. When you learn that, you’ll be one of us,’” said Hendricks.
Alzado later commented about playing alongside The Stork.
“He probably lives in his own space and his own time,” Alzado said. “Very strange human. Very strange.”
However crazy Hendricks acted off the field, his teammates knew he was sharp as a tack and wouldn’t miss anything on game days.
“He’s one of the smartest guys I’ve ever been around,” Howie Long said. “Ted would come in on Monday morning hung over, or maybe just a continuation of the night before, and we would put up film of the next week’s opponent. Ted would sit there half-awake and call out the play they were going to run before they ran it.”
In 1983, Hendricks started every game and collected 41 tackles, two sacks, and a fumble recovery.
Ted Hendricks #Raiders pic.twitter.com/ALeTHw8WUy
— Old Time Football 🏈 (@Ol_TimeFootball) October 1, 2022
He was voted to his eighth and final Pro Bowl after the season.
That same year, LA embarked on a 12-4 campaign and victories over Pittsburgh and Seattle in the playoffs.
Then, for the third time in eight years, the Raiders played for a world championship.
Ted Hendricks puts pressure on Joe Theisman in what appears to be the 1983 regular season game between the two iconic franchises. Washington won 37-35. The #Raiders would later get their revenge in Suoer Bowl XVIII 38-9. #RAIDERNATION pic.twitter.com/RWO46Y7LgW
— Raiders History (@Oaklraiders1976) April 24, 2023
During the team’s 38-9 blowout of the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XVIII, Hendricks was feeling his age.
“I was happy that it was over with in the third quarter when Marcus Allen made that run ’cause I had two pulled stomach muscles and two pulled groin muscles, and they were starting to tighten up and I wouldn’t have been able to come in,” said Hendricks. “Matt Millen ran into me in, in that game and told me to get out of his way, and I told him, ‘I can’t.’”
The Stork Retires
Hendricks wrapped up his 15th NFL season in 1983 and wanted to play a few more years.
Unfortunately, Father Time caught up with him and he retired.
During his career, Hendricks had (conservatively) over 600 combined tackles, 61 sacks, 26 interceptions including one pick-six, 16 fumble recoveries including one returned for a score, four safeties, and 25 blocked kicks.
He also played in 215 consecutive games.
Hendricks’s safety mark is tied for an NFL record and he scored three different touchdowns, once on an interception return, once after picking up a fumble, and another after a blocked punt.
The Stork was a four-time Super Bowl winner, eight-time Pro Bowler, and six-time All-Pro, and received the George Halas Award in 1984.
He was later added to the NFL’s 75th and 100th Anniversary All-Time Teams, the NFL’s first-team 1970s and 1980s All-Decade Teams, and placed in the Baltimore Ravens Ring of Honor.
Happy Birthday to HOF LB Ted Hendricks! Hall of Fame Enshrinement Class of 1990. RT to wish the @Colts & @Raiders legend a Happy Birthday! pic.twitter.com/yXeptTrvWj
— Pro Football Hall of Fame (@ProFootballHOF) November 1, 2018
In 1990, Hendricks was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
A Rocky Retirement
It wasn’t long after retirement when the public found out that Hendricks had been having a little too much fun during his NFL career.
Throughout his time in the league, Hendricks drank alcohol and the constant imbibing cost him his first marriage.
There were several instances where The Stork showed up to practice hung over from the night before.
Even worse, the Raiders once held a training camp in California’s Napa Valley.
Wine Country was the last place Hendricks should have been practicing.
“He’d be in the huddle,” said Villapiano, “and I’d look at him, and he’d smile, and his teeth would be all purple from the wine. Then, he’d sweat, and the purple would drip down his face. He looked like Herman Munster.”
By the end of his career, Hendricks’s drinking had taken a toll.
“Teddy used to always be a happy drunk,” said former Raiders trainer George Anderson. “But at the end, he was getting a little mean. The team told Ted, ‘If you quit drinking, you can probably play another two years. He said, ‘Two years? I’ll take my chances and keep drinking.’”
When his playing days ended, alcohol ruled Hendricks’s life and he lost several businesses and made his living doing card shows where he signed autographs.
“I needed something to keep me interested,” he said in 2012. “I wasn’t hurting anybody but myself. I’d go to bars, show my [Super Bowl] rings, tell stories. People loved the rings. I’d start at lunch and go until right after dinner.”
Back on Track
Thankfully, after years of drinking, Hendricks toned down his alcoholism and entered treatment.
He began a new relationship, relocated to Chicago, and finally got his college degree at the age of 51.
Hendricks established the Ted Hendricks Foundation to support education and health programs for children.
The Stork is the namesake of the Ted Hendricks Award for the most outstanding defensive end in college football each year.
Clelin Ferrell has been named one of four finalists for the Ted Hendricks Award, presented to the nation's top defensive end.
Congrats, 9️⃣9️⃣!https://t.co/72JXDruEvZ pic.twitter.com/GVgPR1rot9
— Clemson Football (@ClemsonFB) December 3, 2018
As of 2020, Hendricks was working on behalf of former NFL players for the Hall of Fame Players Group.
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