Jake Brendel
| Dallas Cowboys | |
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| Position: | Center |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth: | September 10, 1992 |
| Place of birth: | Madison, Wisconsin |
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight: | 303 lb (137 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Plano (TX) East |
| College: | UCLA (2011–2015) |
| Undrafted: | 2016 |
| Career history | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
Jacob William Brendel (born September 10, 1992) is an American football center for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins. He earned second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12 as a junior and again as senior in 2015. He signed with Dallas as an undrafted free agent.
Early life
A native of Plano, Texas, Brendel attended Plano East Senior High School, where he played on the offensive line his junior and senior seasons and served as team captain, after playing defensive line as a freshman and sophomore. Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Brendel was listed as the No. 15 center prospect in his class.[1]
College career
After redshirting his initial year at UCLA, Brendel became a fixture at center after spring practice and started all 14 games for the Bruins in 2012.[2] He was named first-team Freshman All-America by The Sporting News, CBSSports.com, and Football Writers Association of America,[3][4][5] and second-team Freshman All-America by College Football News.[6] As a junior in 2014, he was team's most experienced offensive lineman. After missing the season opener against Virginia with a knee injury, he returned to start the rest of the season.[7] Brendel was named to the All-Pac-12 second team.[8] He requested an evaluation of his NFL draft stock, but decided to return for his senior year,[7] when he again earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors.[9] The three-time team captain finished his UCLA career with a school record of 52 starts.[10]
Professional career
After not being selected in the 2016 NFL draft, Brendel signed as an undrafted free agent with the Dallas Cowboys.[10]
References
- ↑ "Yahoo Sports: Rivals.com Ranking - Rivals.com offensive centers 2011". yahoo.com. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ↑ "Jake Brendel is UCLA's man in the middle". ESPN.com. August 16, 2012.
- ↑ http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2012-12-07/freshmen-all-americans-team-johnny-manziel-tj-yeldon-amari-cooper
- ↑ "CBSSports.com 2012 All-Freshman Team". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ↑ "FWAA > News > Freshman All-America Team". sportswriters.net. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ↑ http://cfn.scout.com/2/1248052.html
- 1 2 Wang, Jack (January 15, 2015). "Life after Brett Hundley begins now for UCLA football". Los Angeles Daily News. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015.
- ↑ Klein, Gary (December 2, 2014). "USC places five players, UCLA one on All-Pac-12 first team in football". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 3, 2014.
- ↑ Kaufman, Joey (December 1, 2015). "UCLA DT Kenny Clark on All-Pac-12 first team; eight Bruins on second team". The Orange County Register. Archived from the original on December 2, 2015.
- 1 2 Archer, Todd (May 2, 2016). "Cowboys have two draft visitors among undrafted deals". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on May 3, 2016.