Rimington Trophy

The Dave Rimington Trophy is awarded to the player considered to be the best center in college football. Dave Rimington was a center who played at the University of Nebraska from 1979 to 1982.

Rimington Trophy

Awarded for	Most outstanding center in college football
Country	United States
Presented by	Boomer Esiason Foundation
History
First award	2000
Most recent	Seth McLaughlin, Ohio State
Website	www.rimingtontrophy.com

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. 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
• Walter Camp Foundation
• The Sporting News
• Football Writers Association of America

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 who play primarily the center position for their respective teams as centers, though they may be listed as guards or tackles on the four All-American teams. The center with the most first-team votes is determined to be the winner. If a tie occurs with first-team votes, then the center with most second-team votes wins. If a tie still exists, the winner is determined by a majority vote from the Rimington Trophy committee.

Winners

Jake Kirkpatrick of TCU, the 2010 Rimington Trophy winner

Year	Player	School	Ref
2000	Dominic Raiola	Nebraska
2001	LeCharles Bentley	Ohio State
2002	Brett Romberg	Miami (FL)
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	[14]
2022	Olusegun Oluwatimi	Michigan (3)	[15]
2023	Jackson Powers-Johnson	Oregon	[16]
2024	Seth McLaughlin	Ohio State (4)	[17]

Gerald R. Ford Legends Award

Since 2005, the Rimington Trophy also recognizes legendary centers from the past by presenting the President Gerald R. Ford Legendary Center Award, which is named after Gerald Ford. The award is presented annually to a former collegiate or professional center who was either a legend on or off the field by making extraordinary contributions through business, civic, or philanthropic endeavors.^[18]

Winners

Season	Player	School	Tenure
2005	Gerald Ford	Michigan	1932–1934
2006	Jim Otto	Miami (FL)	1957–1959
2007	Alex Kroll	Yale Rutgers	1956 1960–1961
2008	Bill Curry	Georgia Tech	1961–1964
2009	Jim Ritcher	NC State	1976–1979
2010	Dwight Stephenson	Alabama	1976–1979
2011	Mick Tingelhoff	Nebraska	1958–1961
2012	Jay Hilgenberg	Iowa	1977–1980
2013	Dermontti Dawson	Kentucky	1984–1987
2014	Courtney Hall	Rice	1985–1988
2015	Jeff Saturday	North Carolina	1993–1997
2016	Carl Mauck	Southern Illinois	1965–1968
2017	Joe Montgomery	William & Mary	1971–1974
2018	Robert Caslen	Army	1972–1975
2019	Dominic Raiola	Nebraska	1997–2000
2020	No winner
2021	Aaron Graham	Nebraska	1991–1995
2022	Jake Grove	Virginia Tech	2000–2003
2023	Kevin Mawae	LSU	1989–1993
2024	Shaun O'Hara	Rutgers	2005–2009

Sources:^[19][20]

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

1. 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)
2. Amis, John (January 14, 2010). "Pouncey to receive Rimington Trophy". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
3. "TCU's Kirkpatrick wins Rimington Trophy". Lincoln Journal Star. December 9, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
4. 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.
5. "Jones first Alabama player to receive Rimington Trophy as nation's top center". NCAA. December 6, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
6. McGuire, Kevin (December 12, 2013). "Florida State's Bryan Stork wins Rimington Trophy". NBC Sports. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
7. "Reese Dismukes wins Rimington Trophy, named Walter Camp All-American". Montgomery Advertiser. December 11, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
8. McGuire, Kevin (December 10, 2015). "Alabama center Ryan Kelly wins 2015 Rimington Trophy". NBC Sports. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
9. Sipple, Steven M. (January 13, 2017). "Ohio State center Elflein overcame odds to win Rimington Trophy". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
10. "Rimington Trophy Official Website: Past Winners". www.rimingtontrophy.com. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
11. "NC State center Garrett Bradbury wins Rimington Trophy". PackPride.com. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
12. "Wisconsin's Tyler Biadasz wins the Rimington Trophy as the nation's best center". 247sports.com. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
13. "Alabama Crimson Tide players take home several major college football awards". 8 January 2021.
14. "PHOTOS: TYLER LINDERBAUM WINS RIMINGTON TROPHY AWARD - 12/09/2021". hawkeyesports.com. December 9, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
15. "Oluwatimi Wins Pair of National Awards, Claiming Outland, Rimington Trophies". mgoblue.com. December 8, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
16. "Powers-Johnson awarded Rimington Trophy". goducks.com. December 8, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
17. "OHIO STATE'S SETH MCLAUGHLIN WINS RIMINGTON TROPHY AS COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S BEST CENTER".
18. "GERALD R. FORD LEGENDS AWARD". rimingtontrophy.com. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
19. "CURRENT AWARD WINNER". rimingtontrophy.com. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
20. "PAST WINNERS". rimingtontrophy.com. Retrieved March 25, 2024.

External links

• Official website