Hughes Receives Local Hero Award
10/29/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 29, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas -- TCU consensus All-American Jerry Hughes received a Local Hero Award Thursday from Bank of America for his work in the community.
Hughes was honored with local leaders at a luncheon at the Dallas Cowboys' stadium in Arlington.
Hughes is extremely involved in the community. Among a myriad of activities, he has been a mentor at the Fortress Youth Development Center in Fort Worth. He also routinely speaks to elementary and middle-school kids while volunteering at youth football clinics. Hughes is on pace to graduate this spring, in four years, with a degree in communications.
Hughes has 10 1/2 tackles for loss, including nine sacks, in No. 6 TCU's opening seven games. His average of 1.3 sacks per game is ahead of the 1.2 pace he had last year when he led the nation with 15 sacks.
A native of Sugar Land, Texas, Hughes appeared on all five Midseason All-America teams released (Sporting News, SI.com, CBSSports.com, CollegeFootballNews.com, Phil Steele's).
Hughes is one of 10 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, one of 12 semifinalists for the Rotary Lombardi Award and one of 20 quarterfinalists for the Lott Trophy.
