RIMINGTON TROPHY RELEASES 2012 FALL WATCH LIST
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 10, 2012 Contact: Seth Gonzales Rimington Trophy Media Relations [email protected] Phone: 214-986-9968
RIMINGTON TROPHY RELEASES 2012 FALL WATCH LIST
Total of 51 players named, including eight sophomores and three graduate students NEW YORK, NY -‐ The Rimington Trophy committee has announced its 2012 Fall Watch List. In all, there are 51 members of the Watch List. The Southeastern Conference leads the way with ten candidates. The Big Ten follows with 6 players, while the ACC, Conference USA, Mountain West Conference, and the PAC-‐12 all check in with five players each. Players named to the 2012 Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List are as follows: Eloy Mario Nick Braxston Dillon
Atkinson Benavides Carlson Cave Day
Reese Trent Dillon James Jay BJ Travis Dalton James Kevin
Dismukes Dupy Farrell Ferentz Finch Finney Frederick Freeman Fry Galeher
UTEP Louisville Wyoming Notre Dame Mississippi State Auburn Tulsa New Mexico Iowa Georgia Tech Kansas State Wisconsin Clemson TCU Western Michigan
C-USA Big East MWC Independent SEC
6'3" 6'4" 6'4" 6'3" 6'4"
315 301 292 304 295
Senior RS Senior Senior Graduate RS Soph.
SEC C-USA MWC Big Ten ACC Big-12 Big Ten ACC Big-12 MAC
6'3" 6'2" 6'5" 6'2" 6'3" 6'4" 6'4" 6'5" 6'3" 6'3"
302 285 290 284 283 303 328 285 290 300
Sophomore Senior Junior Senior RS Junior Sophomore Junior Graduate Senior Senior
Hronis Ben Gus Jonotthan Khaled Andre
Grasu Habern Handler Harrison Holmes Huval
Alec
Johnson
TJ
Johnson
Barrett Zac Tyler Patrick PJ Macky Joe Mike Will Blake Andrew Brian Graham Ryan Austin
Jones Kerin Larsen Lewis Lonergan MacPherson Madsen Marboe Matte McJunkin Miller Moore Pocic Powis Quattrochi
Jordan Weston
Rae Richburg
Sam Matt Matt Tevita Travis Evan Ryan Brandon Stephen
Schwartzstein Smith Stankiewitch Stevens Swanson Swindall Turnley Vitabile Warner
Robert Camden
Waterman Wentz
Oregon Oklahoma Colorado Florida USC LouisianaLafayette San Diego State South Carolina Alabama Toledo Utah State Texas A&M LSU Syracuse West Virginia Idaho Indiana SMU Virginia Tech Duke Illinois Army Southern Miss UCF Colorado State Stanford Kentucky Penn State Utah Arkansas Ole Miss Pittsburgh Northwestern Louisiana Tech UNLV NC State
Pac-12 Big-12 Pac-12 SEC Pac-12 Sun Belt
6'3" 6'4" 6'3" 6'3" 6'4" 6'1"
284 292 295 309 305 290
Sophomore Senior Junior RS Junior Senior Junior
MWC
6'3"
300
Senior
SEC
6'6"
319
Senior
SEC MAC WAC SEC SEC Big East Big-12 WAC Big Ten C-USA ACC ACC Big Ten Independent CUSA
6'5" 6'5" 6'4" 6'2" 6'4" 6'2" 6'4" 6'2" 6'2" 6'2" 6'4" 6'2" 6'7" 6'0" 6'3"
302 300 308 306 305 269 310 301 290 305 300 285 305 257 295
Senior Junior Junior Senior Senior Junior RS Senior Sophomore RS Senior Senior RS Junior RS Senior Senior Sophomore RS Senior
C-USA MWC
6'2" 6'4"
275 297
Senior Junior
Pac-12 SEC Big Ten Pac-12 SEC SEC Big East Big Ten WAC
6'3" 6'4" 6'3" 6'3" 6'5" 6'2" 6'6" 6'3" 6'0"
290 296 295 302 305 300 320 300 295
Senior Senior Senior Senior Junior Junior Senior Sophomore RS Senior
MWC ACC
6'2" 6'3"
290 225
Sophomore 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 12, 2013. ABOUT THE RIMINGTON TROPHY The Rimington Trophy is presented annually to the Most Outstanding Center in NCAA Division I-‐A College Football. Since its inception, the Rimington Trophy has raised over $2 million. The twelve-‐ year old award is overseen by the Boomer Esiason Foundation, which is committed to finding a cure for cystic fibrosis and has raised over $100 million for CF Research. Dave Rimington, the award's namesake, was a consensus first-‐team All-‐America center at the University of 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. For more on the Rimington Trophy and a list of past recipients, visit www.rimingtontrophy.com ABOUT THE NCFAA The Rimington Trophy is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The NCFAA was founded in 1997 as a coalition of the major collegiate football awards to protect, preserve and enhance the integrity, influence and prestige of the game’s predominant awards. The NCFAA encourages professionalism and the highest standards for the administration of its
member awards and the selection of their candidates and recipients. For more information, visit the association’s official website, www.NCFAA.org.
