Rimington Trophy Releases Updated Watch List

List features a total of 54 players

Aug. 23, 2007

Courtesy of Triton Sports Management

DALLAS - In advance of the 2007 college football season, the Dave Rimington Trophy today released its updated Watch List of this year's top collegiate centers. The Rimington Trophy is in its eighth year of recognizing the most outstanding Center in college football.

The spring Watch List, released this past May, has been updated as teams made adjustments to their offensive lines in final preparation for the upcoming season.

The list features a total of 54 players, making it easily the largest Rimington Trophy Watch List to date.

West Virginia University's Dan Mozes won the 2006 Rimington Trophy and is currently playing for the Minnesota Vikings. Other recipients include Minnesota's Greg Eslinger, Michigan's David Baas (2004 co-winner), LSU's Ben Wilkerson (2004 co- winner), Virginia Tech's Jake Grove, Miami's Brett Romberg, Ohio State's LeCharles Bentley, and Nebraska's Dominic Raiola.

The eight-year-old trophy is presented by Canon, the Cornhusker Marriott in Lincoln, NE, and Logitech. The award is presented by the Boomer Esiason Foundation. Esiason created his foundation in 1993 to support research and treatment of cystic fibrosis. Esiason and Dave Rimington were teammates on the Cincinnati Bengals from 1984-87. Rimington, the award's namesake, was a consensus first team All- America center at Nebraska in 1981 and 1982 during which he became the John Outland Trophy's only double winner as the nation's premiere college interior lineman.

The winner is selected by determining the consensus All-America Center pick from four existing All- America Teams:

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-America 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 an awards banquet at the Rococo Theater in Lincoln, Nebraska on January 12, 2008.

2007 Rimington Trophy Watch List Corey Actis Mississippi Senior 6'5" 290 lbs.

Kenny Alfred Washington State Sophomore 6'2" 293 lbs.

Sete Aulai BYU Senior 6'0"  290 lbs.

Royce Blackledge Mississippi State Senior 6'4"  293 lbs.

Tim Bond Wyoming Junior 6'4"  296 lbs.

Jason Bosley Auburn Junior 6'2"  280 lbs.

Brett Byford Nebraska Senior 6'3"  300 lbs.

Antoine Caldwell Alabama Junior 6'3"  288 lbs.

Marcus Coleman Wisconsin Senior 6'6" 317 lbs.

Jim Cordle Ohio State Sophomore 6'5"  275 lbs.

Mike Dent West Virginia Junior 6'4"  285 lbs.

Alex Derenthal Temple Junior 6'4" 294 lbs.

Kyle DeVan Oregon State Senior 6'2"  310 lbs.

Rafael Eubanks Iowa Sophomore 6'3"  288 lbs.

Robby Felix UTEP Junior 6'3" 295 lbs.

Juan Garcia Washington Sophomore 6'3" 315 lbs.

Dominic Green Nevada Junior 6'3"  295 lbs

Blaine Guenther Air Force  Senior 6'2"  270 lbs.

Kyle Gunther Utah Senior 6'4"  304 lbs.

Antron Harper Navy Senior 5'11"  272 lbs.

Brett Helms LSU Junior 6'2"  283 lbs.

Adam Hill Louisiana-Monroe Senior 6'1" 325 lbs.

Chris Joseph UCLA Senior 6'5"  282 lbs.

Steve Justice Wake Forest Senior 6'4" 280 lbs.

Adam Korby Idaho Junior 6'2"  292 lbs.

Robbie Krutilla Western Michigan Senior 6'3"  308 lbs.

Doug Legursky Marshall Senior 6'3"  308 lbs.

Scott Lenahan North Carolina Senior 6'1"  290 lbs.

Kory Lichtensteiger Bowling Green Senior 6'3" 300 lbs.

Jordy Lipsey Virginia Senior 6'3" 280 lbs.

Jonathan Luigs Arkansas Junior 6'4"  305 lbs.

Alex Mack California Junior 6'5"  295 lbs.

Tim Mattran Stanford Senior 6'5" 300 lbs.

Ryan McDonald Illinois Junior 6'5"  300 lbs.

Josh McNeil Tennessee Sophomore 6'4"  280 lbs.

Drew Miller Florida Senior 6'5"  297 lbs.

Trey Miranne Army Senior 6'0"  273 lbs.

Justin Paysinger San Jose State Junior 6'1"  295 lbs.

Mike Pollak Arizona State Senior 6'4"  300 lbs.

Robbie Powell Purdue Senior 6'5" 307 lbs.

Daniel Sanders Colorado  Junior 6'3"  305 lbs.

Blake Schlueter Texas Christian Junior 6'3"  272 lbs.

Kevin Sheridan Boston College  Senior 6'3"  295 lbs.

A.Q. Shipley Penn State Junior 6'1"  293 lbs.

Adam Spieker Missouri Junior 6'4"  310 lbs.

John Sullivan Notre Dame Senior 6'4"  290 lbs.

Ryan Tonnemacher Utah State Junior 6'3"  272 lbs.

Lafu Tuioti-Mariner Hawaii Junior 6'0" 279 lbs.

Kevin Tuminello Georgia Tech Senior 6'4" 290 lbs.

Cody Wallace Texas A&M Senior 6'4" 296 lbs.

Ryan Wendell Fresno State Senior 6'2" 285 lbs.

Austin Wilkinson Rice Junior 6'2" 270 lbs.

Eric Wood Louisville Junior 6'4" 301 lbs.

Ben Wyss Indiana Senior 6'1" 280 lbs.