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Tallahassee, Fla. –The Ohio football program's junior wide receiver Chase Hendricks has been named to the 2025 Biletnikoff Award Watch List, as announced by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club (TQC) Foundation, Inc. today (Oct. 1). 
 
The Florida-based creator and sponsor of the prestigious Biletnikoff Award released the 2025 Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List on August 6. Today, October 1, the Foundation announces the first in-season addition of receivers, 11 at this time, to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List. See 2025 Biletnikoff Award Watch List.
 
Hendricks (St. Louis, Mo.) leads the Bobcats' receivers, logging 29 receptions and four touchdowns on 481 yards. He is responsible for 100-plus receiving yards in three of five games, two of which were against Power 4 opponents. Since 2023, the junior has started in 20 games, making 32 appearances overall.   
 
The Biletnikoff Award annually recognizes the college football season's outstanding FBS receiver. Any player, regardless of position (wide receiver, tight end, slot back, and running back) who catches a pass is eligible for the award. As such, the Biletnikoff Award recognizes college football's outstanding receiver, not merely college football's outstanding wide receiver. Tight end Kyle Pitts was a finalist in 2020 and other tight ends were semifinalists in other years. Moreover, the Biletnikoff Award is a single season, not career, award.
 
The Biletnikoff Award's semifinalists, three finalists, and award recipient are selected by the highly distinguished Biletnikoff Award National Selection Committee, a group of 600 prominent college football journalists, commentators, announcers, Biletnikoff Award winners, and other former receivers. Foundation trustees do not vote and have never voted. For a list of voters, please see BiletnikoffAward.com/voters.
 
Receivers are frequently added to the watch list as their season performances dictate. Actual, not potential, performance is the basis for inclusion on the Biletnikoff Award Watch List.
 
The Biletnikoff Award candidate eligibility and voting criteria, transparently explicit and detailed, are available for review at BiletnikoffAward.com/criteria.
 
Recently, the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation opened the 2025 FanVote. Every fan may vote once daily on the Biletnikoff Award FanVote page. The aggregate fan tally will be counted as one official vote to determine semi-finalists, finalists (three receivers), and the winner. In the closest contest in years, the FanVote tally provided the one-vote margin of victory for 2013 winner Brandin Cooks of Oregon State.
 
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