Tuesday, July 8, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – The Rimington Trophy Committee has released its 2014 Fall Watch List, which includes 66 of the best centers in Division I football. The athletes included on this list have excelled at the center position and demonstrated team leadership, and are predicted to do so again in the upcoming season. The SEC and Big Ten lead the way with 11 and 10 centers respectively, and over half of the watch list players are entering their senior seasons. The following is the official 2014 Fall Watch List for the Rimington Trophy: Conference School First Name Last Name Class Height Weight American Athletic Cincinnati Deyshawn Bond Soph 6'2 296 Tulsa Dylan Foxworth RS Soph 6'2 280 Temple Kyle Friend Junior 6'2 305 UCF Joey Grant RS Junior 6'2 291 SMU Taylor Lasecki Junior 6'3 296 Connecticut Alex Mateas RS Senior 6'4 309 Houston Bryce Redman Senior 6'1 285 USF Austin Reiter Senior 6'3 295 ACC Florida State Austin Barron Senior 6'3 292 Boston College Andy Gallik Senior 6'3 302 Miami Shane McDermott Senior 6'4 296 Clemson Ryan Norton Junior 6'3 280 Pittsburgh Artie Rowell Junior 6'2 305 Duke Matt Skura RS Junior 6'4 305 Louisville Jake Smith Senior 6'3 307 Big Ten Michigan State Jack Allen Junior 6'1 300 Iowa Austin Blythe Junior 6'3 290 Rutgers Betim Bujari Senior 6'4 295 Maryland Sal Conaboy Senior 6'4 290

Purdue Robert Kugler Junior 6'3 290 Minnesota Tommy Olson Senior 6'4 306 Nebraska Mark Pelini Senior 6'0 290 Indiana Collin Rahrig RS Senior 6'2 290 Northwestern Brandon Vitabile Senior 6'3 300 Wisconsin Dan Voltz Soph 6'3 313 Big 12 Oklahoma Ty Darlington Junior 6'2 298 Texas Dominic Espinosa Senior 6'4 305 Iowa State Tom Farniok Senior 6'4 300 Kansas State B.J. Finney Senior 6'4 303 TCU Joey Hunt Junior 6'3 295 C-USA Marshall Chris Jasperse Senior 6'4 289 UTSA Nate Leonard Senior 6'0 280 Florida Atlantic Braden Lyons Senior 6'5 295 FIU Donald Senat Senior 6'2 285 MAC Central Mich. Nick Beamish Senior 6'3 310 Western Mich. Jon Hoffing Senior 6'4 285 Bowling Green Alex Huettel RS Junior 6'3 292 Toledo Greg Mancz Senior 6'5 300 Mountain West New Mexico LaMar Bratton Senior 6'0 291 Nevada Matt Galas Senior 6'1 280 Air Force Michael Husar Senior 6'0 275 San Jose State David Peterson Senior 6'5 297 San Diego State Jordan Smith Junior 6'5 285 UNLV Robert Waterman Senior 6'2 290 Pac-12 UCLA Jake Brendel Junior 6'4 285 Washington Mike Criste Senior 6'6 318 Oregon Hroniss Grasu Senior 6'3 297 Arizona Steven Gurrola Senior 6'2 291 Oregon State Isaac Seumalo Junior 6'3 305 Stanford Graham Shuler Junior 6'4 282 SEC Georgia David Andrews Senior 6'2 295

Missouri Evan Boehm Junior 6'3 315 Mississippi State Dillon Day Senior 6'4 300 Auburn Reese Dismukes Senior 6'3 297 Florida Max Garcia RS Senior 6'4 311 Alabama Ryan Kelly Junior 6'5 296 Texas A&M Mike Matthews Junior 6'2 285 LSU Elliott Porter Senior 6'4 300 Kentucky Jon Toth Soph 6'5 301 Vanderbilt Joe Townsend Senior 6'4 310 South Carolina Cody Waldrop RS Soph 6'2 309 Sun Belt Arkansas State Bryce Giddens Junior 5'11 300 Idaho Mike Marboe Senior 6'2 296

New Mexico State Valerian

Ume-Ezeoke Senior 6'2 285

Independent BYU Edward Fusi Senior 6'0 317 Notre Dame Nick Martin Senior 6'4.5 295

Trophy Selection Process 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 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 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 17, 2015.

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 $2.5 million for the cystic fibrosis community. The fifteen-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

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