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2018 Fall Watch List Released

PRESS RELEASE --- Friday, July 20, 2018

The Rimington Trophy Committee announces its 2018 Fall Watch List, which includes the following centers in Division I football. In order to create this list, the committee accepted nominations from programs across the country that submitted their current starting centers for consideration. This preseason, centers were nominated from every conference, with 58 total nominees and 27 past watch listers. The Pac-12 leads the list with 10 nominations, followed by the ACC with 8, and the SEC with 7.

The following is a list of those named to the 2018 Fall Watch List:

Conference	School	First Name	Last Name	Class Year	Height	Weight
Am. Athl.
	UConn	Ryan	Crozier	RS SR	6'4	294
	Houston	Will	Noble	SR	6'5	295
	Memphis	Drew	Kyser	SR	6'5	295
	Temple	Matt	Hennessy	RS SO	6'4	295
	Tulsa	Chandler	Miller	SR	6'3	293
	UCF	Jordan	Johnson	JR	6'2	320

ACC
	Clemson	Justin	Falcinelli	GRAD	6'4	305
	Duke	Zach	Harmon	RS SR	6'3	285
	Florida State	Alec	Eberle	RS SR	6'4	295
	Georgia Tech	Kenny	Cooper	JR	6'3	305
	Miami	Tyler	Curtis Gauthier	SR	6'5	305
	NC State	Garrett	McCain Bradbury	SR	6'3	300
	Virginia Tech	Kyle	Chung	RS SR	6'3	310
	Wake Forest	Ryan	Anderson	SR	6'6	305

Big Ten
	Iowa	Keegan	Render	SR	6'4	307
	Maryland	Brendan	Moore	SR	6'3	302
	Minnesota	Jared	Weyler	RS SR	6'4	296
	Penn State	Connor	McGovern	JR	6'5	320
	Purdue	Kirk	Barron	SR	6'2	300

Big 12
	Baylor	Sam	Tecklenburg	JR	6'4	306
	Kansas State	Adam	Holtorf	JR	6'4	295
	Oklahoma	Jonathan	Alvarez	RS SR	6'3	312
	Texas	Zach	Shackelford	JR	6'4	305
	Texas Tech	Paul	Stawarz	SR	6'6	295

C-USA
	Marshall	Levi	Brown	RS JR	6'4	293
	North Texas	Sosaia	Mose	RS JR	6'2	305
	Old Dominion	Nick	Clarke	SR	6'4	312
	UAB	Lee	Dufour	RS JR	6'3	300
	UTEP	Derron	Gatewood	SR	6'2	297

INDP.
	Army West Point	Bryce	Holland	SR	6'2	295
	Notre Dame	Sam	Mustipher	GRAD	6'2.5	304

MAC
	Ball State	Andrew	Poenitsch	RS JR	6'3	284
	Buffalo	James	O'Hagan	SR	6'3	305
	Eastern Michigan	Dakota	Tallman	SR	6'5	316
	Miami (OH)	Danny	Godlevske	RS SO	6'2	305
	NIU	Luke	Shively	RS SR	6'3	286
	Western Michigan	John	Keenoy	SR	6'3	300

Mtn. West
	Nevada	Sean	Krepsz	SR	6'5	325
	Utah State	Quin	Ficklin	SR	6'2	300

Pac-12
	Arizona	Nathan	Eldridge	RS JR	6'3	297
	Arizona State	Cohl	Cabral	JR	6'5	291
	California	Addison	Ooms	RS SR	6'4	295
	Oregon	Jake	Hanson	JR	6'5	297
	Oregon State	Sumner	Houston	SR	6'2	290
	Stanford	Jesse	Burkett	SR	6'4	309
	USC	Toa	Lobendahn	RS SR	6'3	295
	Utah	Lo	Falemaka	SR	6'5	295
	Washington	Nick	Harris	JR	6'1	297
	Washington State	Frederick	Mauigoa	JR	6'3	305

SEC
	Alabama	Ross	Pierschbacher	SR	6'4	309
	Florida	T.J.	McCoy	RS JR	6'1	314
	Georgia	Lamont	Gaillard	SR	6'2	308
	Mississippi State	Elgton	Jenkins	SR	6'4	315
	Ole Miss	Sean	Rawlings	SR	6'5	294
	South Carolina	Donell	Stanley	JR	6'3	315
	Texas A&M	Erik	McCoy	JR	6'4	315

Sun Belt
	Georgia Southern	Curtis	Rainey	SR	6'2	290
	Troy	Deontae	Crumitie	SR	6'2	296

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

Walter Camp Foundation (WCF)
Sporting News (SN)
Football Writers Association of America (FWAA)

Because the selectors of these three 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. The Rimington Trophy committee's policy is to count all players that play primarily the center position for their respective teams as centers, even though they may be listed as guards or tackles on the 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 the most second team votes will win. If there is still a tie, the winner will be determined by a majority vote from the Rimington Trophy committee. The winner will be recognized at the Rimington Trophy Presentation at the Rococo Theatre in Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday, January 12, 2019.

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About the Rimington Trophy

The Rimington Trophy is presented annually to the most outstanding center in NCAA Division I College Football. Since its inception, the seventeen-year old award has raised over $3.6 million for the Boomer Esiason Foundation, which is committed to finding a cure for cystic fibrosis.

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 two-time 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

The Rimington Trophy is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA), which encompasses the most prestigious awards in college football. Visit www.NCFAA.org to learn more about our story.

About the NCFAA

The Rimington Trophy is a part of the National College Football Awards Association, which encompasses the most prestigious awards in college football. Founded in 1997, the NCFAA and its 24 awards now boast over 800 recipients, dating to 1935. Visit www.NCFAA.org to learn more about its story.

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