08/21/2008 3:29 PM -

 

The Rimington Trophy committee has released its 2008 Fall Watch List. The list includes two finalists from the 2007 Watch List, as well as the 2007 winner of the Rimington Trophy , Arkansas ’ Jonathan Luigs. The Trophy has not had a repeat winner in its history.

 

 

In all, there are 43 players on the Watch List. The PAC-10 checks in with the most candidates, with seven players being named.  The Big-12 is represented by six players. The SEC and Big East Conference have five players each on the Watch List.

 

 

The following is a list of those named to the 2008 Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List.




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alabama	Antoine Caldwell	6'3"	305	Senior
Arizona	Blake Kerley	6'2"	285	Junior
Arkansas	Jonathan Luigs	6'4"	314	Senior
Auburn	Jason Bosley	6'4"	274	Senior
Baylor	J.D. Walton	6'3"	300	Junior
California	Alex Mack	6'5"	320	Senior
Central Michigan	Colin Miller	6'3"	287	RS Sophomore
Colorado	Daniel Sanders	6'3"	310	Senior
Connecticut	Keith Gray	6'2"	285	Senior
Florida International	Brad Serini	6'3"	300	Sophomore
Florida State	Ryan McMahon	6'3"	275	Sophomore
Hawaii	John Estes	6'3"	295	Junior
Houston	Carl Barnett	6'2"	285	Junior
Idaho	Adam Korby	6'2"	292	Senior
Illinois	Ryan McDonald	6'5"	293	Senior
Indiana	Alex Perry	6'7"	300	Sophomore
Kansas	Ryan Cantrell	6'3"	295	Senior
Kansas State	Jordan Bedore	6'3"	310	Senior
Louisiana-Lafayette	Chris Fisher	6'2"	285	Junior
Louisville	Eric Wood	6'4"	309	Senior
LSU	Brett Helms	6'2"	283	Senior
Maryland	Edwin Williams	6'3"	315	Senior
Memphis	Philip Beliles	6'5"	290	Senior
Nevada	Dominic Green	6'3"	295	Senior
Ohio State	Jim Cordle	6'5"	297	Junior
Oklahoma	Jon Cooper	6'2"	289	Senior
Oregon	Max Unger	6'5"	300	Senior
Penn State	A.Q. Shipley	6'1"	300	Senior
Rutgers	Ryan Blaszczyk	6'4"	295	RS Junior
SMU	Mitch Enright	6'1"	266	Junior
South Florida	Jake Griffin	6'4"	295	Senior
Stanford	Alex Fletcher	6'3"	295	Senior
TCU	Blake Schlueter	6'3"	284	Senior
Temple	Alex Derenthal	6'4"	298	RS Senior
Tennessee	Josh McNeil	6'4"	280	Junior
Texas	Chris Hall	6'4"	300	Junior
Troy	Danny Franks	6'3"	290	Junior
USC	Kristopher O'Dowd	6'5"	300	Sophomore
Utah State	Ryan Tonnemacher	6'3"	292	Senior
UTEP	Robby Felix	6'3"	295	Senior
Washington	Juan Garcia	6'3"	315	Senior
Washington State	Kenny Alfred	6'2"	300	RS Junior
West Virginia	Mike Dent	6'3"	300	Senior

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While more than a dozen All-America football teams are selected annually, the Rimington Trophy committee uses these four prestigious teams to determine a winner:

 

 

 

* American Football Coaches Association

 

 

* Walter Camp Foundation

 

 

* Sporting News

 

 

* Football Writers Association of America

 

 

Because the selectors of these four All-America teams can place Centers in a "mix" of offensive linemen that includes guards and tackles, their 11-man first teams can often have two Centers. Our policy is to count all players that play primarily the Center position for their respective teams as Centers, even though they maybe listed as guards or tackles on the four All American teams.

 

 

The Center with the most first team votes will be determined the winner. If there is a tie with first team votes, then the Center with most second team votes will win. If there is still a tie, the winner will be determined by the Rimington Trophy committee.

 

 

The winner will be honored at Rimington Trophy Presentation banquet at the Rococo Theater in Lincoln , Nebraska , on January 17, 2009.

 

 

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About the Rimington Trophy

 

 

The nine-year old trophy is presented by the Boomer Esiason Foundation. Past recipients include Nebraska 's Dominic Raiola, Ohio State 's LeCharles Bentley, Miami 's Brett Romberg, Virginia Tech's Jake Grove, co-winners Michigan 's David Baas and LSU's Ben Wilkerson, Minnesota 's Greg Eslinger, West Virginia 's Dan Mozes, and Arkansas ’ Jonathan Luigs. Since its inception the Rimington Trophy Award has raised over $1.3 million for the award's benefactor, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, which is hosted by the Boomer Esiason Foundation that to date has raised over $65 milllion for CF Research.

 

 

Rimington, the award's namesake, was a consensus first-team All-America center at Nebraska in 1981 and 1982, during which time he became the John Outland Trophy's only double winner as the nation's finest college interior lineman.

 

 

The Rimington Trophy is a fully accredited member of the National College Football Awards Association.

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Seth Gonzales

Rimington Trophy Media

646-292-7946

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