If your college football team has a center, there is a decent chance he has been named to the Rimington Trophy watch list, released Tuesday morning. Of the 128 teams in FBS and roughly 41 percent of those teams are represented on the Rimington Trophy watch list. Fortunately, this is reduced from the 64 names that appeared on the 2014 watch list.
The award for best center in college football has been presented by the Boomer Esiason Foundation since 2000. Auburn’s Reese Dismukes was handed the trophy last season. Michigan is the only school with multiple Rimington Trophy winners, although the Wolverines do not have a player on this watch list. This year’s Rimington Trophy winner will be recognized on January 16, 2016.
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2015 Rimington Trophy Watch List
Siaosi Aiono, Utah
Jack Allen, Michigan State
Nick Beamish, Central Michigan
Dalton Bennett, Troy
Austin Blythe, Iowa
Deyshawn Bond, Cincinnati
Bo Bonnheim, Fresno State
Evan Boehm, Missouri
Jacoby Boren, Ohio State
Jake Brendel, UCLA
Freddie Burden, Georgia Tech
Josh Chester, Middle Tennessee
Lucas Crowley, North Carolina
Ryan Crozier, UConn
Ty Darlington, Oklahoma
Taylor Doyle, Texas
Kyle Friend, Temple
Kyle Fuller, Baylor
Max Halpin, Western Kentucky
Matt Hugenberg, Army
Joey Hunt, TCU
Jake Hurcombe, Eastern Michigan
Jared Kaster, Texas Tech
Nick Kelly, Arizona State
Ryan Kelly, Alabama
Alex Kelley, Colorado
Kayden Kirby, North Texas
Alan Knott, South Carolina
Robert Kugler, Purdue
Gabe Kuhn, Memphis
Taylor Lasecki, SMU
Eric Lee, UTEP
Nick Martin, Notre Dame
Mike Matthews, Texas A&M
Tim McAullife, Bowling Green
Josh Mitchell, Oregon State
Andrew Ness, Northern Illinois
Ryan Norton, Clemson
Alex Officer, Pittsburgh
Tyler Orlosky, West Virginia
Ethan Pocic, LSU
Spencer Pulley, Vanderbilt
Jacob Richard, Ball State
Michael Selby, Marshall
Graham Shuler, Stanford
Mitch Smothers, Arkansas
Matt Sparks, UMass
Austin Stephens, Utah State
Jon Toth, Kentucky
Max Tuerk, USC
Dan Voltz, Wisconsin
Kirby Wixson, Louisiana Tech
