The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 1 Football’s Endries named to Biletnikoff Award watch list
08.06.2025 | Football
The Biletnikoff Award recognizes college football’s most outstanding FBS receiver, regardless of position.
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 1 Texas Football's Jack Endries was named to the preseason watch list for the Biletnikoff Award, the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc. announced Wednesday. The Biletnikoff Award recognizes the college football season's outstanding FBS receiver, regardless of position.
Former Longhorn wide receiver Jordan Shipley was a finalist for the award in 2009.
Endries was selected to the preseason All-SEC Third Team in July. He joins the Longhorns after playing two seasons at Cal, where he led the Golden Bears with 623 receiving yards on 56 receptions (11.13 ypc) as a redshirt sophomore in 2024. Endries earned All-ACC Honorable Mention after ranking third amongst all ACC tight ends in receiving yards. Averaging 47.9 receiving yards per game. He also snagged two touchdown receptions and recorded a pair of 100-yard receiving efforts in 2024. The Danville, Calif. product paced Cal with three receptions for 78 yards, including a career-long 57-yard touchdown reception, vs. No. 8 Miami on Oct. 5, 2024. Endries followed with another stellar performance at No. 22 Pitt on Oct. 12, pulling in eight catches for a career-high 119 receiving yards and a score. Endries recorded his second 100-yard receiving performance in as many games after snaring a career-high nine receptions for 101 yards vs. NC State on Oct. 19. Endries concluded the 2024 campaign with seven receptions for 61 yards against UNLV in the Art of LA Bowl Hosted by Gronk on Dec. 18.
As a freshman in 2023, he earned first-team (College Football Network), second-team (The Athletic) and honorable mention (College Football News) Freshman All-America honors after registering 35 receptions for 407 yards and two touchdowns, averaging 31.3 yards per game. Endries was Cal's nominee for the Burlsworth Trophy in 2023, which is awarded annually to the most outstanding FBS player who began his career as a walk-on. In two seasons at Cal, Endries has played in 26 games and has manufactured 91 receptions for 1,030 receiving yards and four touchdowns. His 1,030 receiving yards over the previous two seasons are the most by any returning Power Four tight end.
Semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award will be announced on Nov. 25, and a final vote to determine the winner will take place from Nov. 25-Dec. 6. The winner will be announced on Dec. 11 as part of the Home Depot College Football Awards on ESPN.
Endries and the Longhorns kick off the 2025 season on the road at No. 2 Ohio State at 11 a.m. CT Saturday, Aug. 30, inside Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. The game will broadcast as part of FOX's Big Noon Kickoff, and ESPN's College GameDay will broadcast live from the Ohio State University campus. College GameDay will air for three hours from 8-11 a.m. CT, hosted by Rece Davis, Lee Corso, Desmond Howard, Pat McAffee, Nick Saban, Kirk Herbstreit and other ESPN personalities. It will be the final show for longtime ESPN personality Lee Corso as he is set to retire following Week 1 of the 2025 season.
