Rimington Trophy
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| Awarded for | Most outstanding center in college football |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Boomer Esiason Foundation |
| History | |
| First award | 2000 |
| Most recent | Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan |
| Website | www |
The Dave Rimington Trophy is awarded to the player considered to be the best American football center in college football. Dave Rimington was a center who played at the University of Nebraska from 1979 to 1982.
A member of the National College Football Awards Association, the Rimington Trophy serves as a fundraiser for the Boomer Esiason Foundation's fight against cystic fibrosis. In addition to recognizing the season's most outstanding center in college football, the Rimington Trophy also recognizes legendary centers from the past by presenting the President Gerald R. Ford Legendary Center Award. The award is presented annually to a former collegiate or professional center who was either a legend on the field or off the field by making extraordinary contributions through business, civic or philanthropic endeavors. The sculptor of the Dave Rimington Trophy is Marc Mellon, also the sculptor of the NBA MVP Trophy.
Selection process
The winner of the Rimington Trophy is selected by determining the consensus All-American center pick from four existing All-America Teams. While more than a dozen All-America football teams are selected annually, the Rimington Trophy committee uses these four prestigious teams to determine a winner:
• American Football Coaches Association (AFCA)
• Walter Camp Foundation (WCF)
• The Sporting News (SN)
• Football Writers Association of America (FWAA)
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. 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-American 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 a majority vote from the Rimington Trophy committee.
Winners
| Year | Player | School | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Dominic Raiola | Nebraska | |
| 2001 | LeCharles Bentley | Ohio State | |
| 2002 | Brett Romberg | Miami | |
| 2003 | Jake Grove | Virginia Tech | |
| 2004 | David Baas | Michigan | |
| Ben Wilkerson | LSU | ||
| 2005 | Greg Eslinger | Minnesota | |
| 2006 | Dan Mozes | West Virginia | |
| 2007 | Jonathan Luigs | Arkansas | |
| 2008 | A. Q. Shipley | Penn State | [1] |
| 2009 | Maurkice Pouncey | Florida | [2] |
| 2010 | Jake Kirkpatrick | TCU | [3] |
| 2011 | David Molk | Michigan (2) | [4] |
| 2012 | Barrett Jones | Alabama | [5] |
| 2013 | Bryan Stork | Florida State | [6] |
| 2014 | Reese Dismukes | Auburn | [7] |
| 2015 | Ryan Kelly | Alabama (2) | [8] |
| 2016 | Pat Elflein | Ohio State (2) | [9] |
| 2017 | Billy Price | Ohio State (3) | [10] |
| 2018 | Garrett Bradbury | NC State | [11] |
| 2019 | Tyler Biadasz | Wisconsin | [12] |
| 2020 | Landon Dickerson | Alabama (3) | [13] |
| 2021 | Tyler Linderbaum | Iowa | |
| 2021 | Olusegun Oluwatimi | Michigan |
References
- General
- "Dave Rimington Trophy Winners". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- "The Dave Rimington Trophy, Yearly Recipients, and the Sculptor of the Rimington Trophy". Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- Footnotes
- ^ Musselman, Ron (December 12, 2008). "PSU Football: Shipley receives national award". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Amis, John (January 14, 2010). "Pouncey to receive Rimington Trophy". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^ "TCU's Kirkpatrick wins Rimington Trophy". Lincoln Journal Star. December 9, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^ Meinke, Kyle (December 8, 2011). "Michigan senior David Molk named Rimington Award winner as country's best center". The Ann Arbor News. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^ "Jones first Alabama player to receive Rimington Trophy as nation's top center". NCAA. December 6, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^ McGuire, Kevin (December 12, 2013). "Florida State's Bryan Stork wins Rimington Trophy". NBC Sports. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^ "Reese Dismukes wins Rimington Trophy, named Walter Camp All-American". Montgomery Advertiser. December 11, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^ McGuire, Kevin (December 10, 2015). "Alabama center Ryan Kelly wins 2015 Rimington Trophy". NBC Sports. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^ Sipple, Steven M. (January 13, 2017). "Ohio State center Elflein overcame odds to win Rimington Trophy". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^ "Rimington Trophy Official Website: Past Winners". www.rimingtontrophy.com. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ^ "NC State center Garrett Bradbury wins Rimington Trophy". PackPride.com. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ^ "Wisconsin's Tyler Biadasz wins the Rimington Trophy as the nation's best center". 247sports.com. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
- ^ "Alabama Crimson Tide players take home several major college football awards".