The Dave Rimington Trophy is presented to the best center in college football every year. It is a one-of-a-kind trophy that is exclusively given to a certain position on the offensive or defensive line. The center is such an important position in calling out the blocking scheme for each play for the other four linemen that it very well merits its own yearly award. Often the best offensive lines in the country in any given season will have a star at center. As you’ll see in the list, the teams contending for national titles usually have a guy who is on the watch list and in the conversation for the award itself at the end of a season.
(Via rimingtontrophy.com) The 2022 Rimington Trophy Watchlist is as follows:
ACC
Clemson Will Putnam SR
Miami Jakai Clark JR
North Carolina State Grant Gibson RS GRAD
Virginia Tech Johnny Jordan GRAD
Wake Forest Michael Jurgens JR
American
Memphis Jacob Likes RS JR
Tulane Sincere Haynesworth JR
UCF Matt Lee RS JR
Big 12
Baylor Jacob Gall GRAD
Iowa State Trevor Downing RS SR
Kansas Mike Novitsky RS SR
Oklahoma State Preston Wilson SR JR
TCU Steve Avila SR
West Virginia Zach Frazier SO
Big Ten
Michigan Olu Oluwatimi GRAD
Minnesota John Michael Schmitz SR
Ohio State Luke Wypler Jr JR
Penn State Juice Scruggs RS SR
Purdue Gus Hartwig RS SO
Wisconsin Joe Tippmann JR
C-USA
UAB Will Rykard RS JR
WKU Rusty Staats RS JR
Independent
BYU Connor Pay RS SO
Notre Dame Jarett Patterson GRAD
MAC
Western Michigan Jacob Gideon RS SO
Mountain West
San Diego State Alama Uluave SR
PAC-12
California Matthew Cindric SR
Oregon Alex Forsyth SR
Oregon State Jake Levengood RS JR
Stanford Drake Nugent SR
USC Brett Neilon RS SR
SEC
Arkansas Ricky Stromberg SR
Auburn Nick Brahms SR
Florida Kingsley Eguakun RS SO
Georgia Sedrick Van Pran RS SO
Mississippi State LaQuinston Sharp RS SR
Texas A&M Bryce Foster SO
Sun Belt
Coastal Carolina Willie Lampkin JR
Georgia State Malik Sumter RS SR
Troy Jake Andrews JR
TEN MOST RECENT WINNERS
2012 – Barrett Jones, Alabama
2013 – Bryan Stork, Florida State
2014 – Reese Dismukes, Auburn
2015 – Ryan Kelly, Alabama
2016 – Pat Elflein, Ohio State
2017 – Billy Price, Ohio State
2018 – Garrett Bradbury, NC State
2019 – Tyler Biadasz, Wisconsin
2020 – Landon Dickerson, Alabama
2021 – Tyler Linderbaum, Iowa
MY PAST TEN WINNERS
The past ten winners I would have chosen for this award after the bowl games (a flaw of college football) and thus taken the entire season into account.
2012 – Barrett Jones, Alabama
2013 – Corey Linsley, Ohio State
2014 – Jacoby Boren, Ohio State
2015 – Ryan Kelly, Alabama
2016 – Pat Elflein, Ohio State
2017 – Billy Price, Ohio State
2018 – Justin Falcinelli, Clemson
2019 – Josh Myers, Ohio State
2020 – Landon Dickerson, Alabama
2021 – Tyler Linderbaum, Iowa
MY TOP TEN FOR 2022
- Luke Wypler, Ohio State
- Connor Pay, BYU
- Joe Tippmann, Wisconsin
- Ricky Stromberg, Arkansas
- Jarett Patterson, Notre Dame
- Bryce Foster, Texas A&M
- Juice Scruggs, Penn State
- Will Putnam, Clemson
- Brett Neilon, USC
- Willie Lampkin, Coastal Carolina
