Eric-Nathan Marvin Kendricks is an American football middle linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins. As a senior in 2014, he won the Butkus Award as the nation’s top collegiate linebacker and received All-American honours.
Where did Eric Kendricks go to high school?
Kendricks attended Herbert Hoover High School in Fresno, California, where he earned three letters from coach Pat Plummer for playing linebacker, quarterback, running back, kicker, and punter and serving as team captain during his junior and senior seasons. He was teammates with his brother as a sophomore in 2007.
As a junior in 2008, he has named first-team All-league defence and was credited with 85 tackles and two sacks, as well as 10 touchdowns on offence. As a senior in 2009, he registered 117 tackles and two interceptions on defence and scored 14 touchdowns on offence.
For his senior season efforts, he was named first-team All-league defence by the Fresno Bee. Kendricks also earned multiple letters in basketball (team captain and first-team All-league in ’09) for coach Nick French and baseball (first-team All-league in ’09 and ’10) for coach Sam Flores. He was named the 2010 male Tri-Athlete of the Year at his school.
Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Kendricks was ranked No. 60 among outside linebackers and No. 92 among all players in the state of California. Also viewed as a three-star prospect by Scout.com, he was rated No. 42 among middle linebackers nationally and No. 88 in California. He was named to the GoldenStatePreps.com All-State third-team and All-NorCal first-team. Kendricks committed to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to play college football in November 2009.
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