Congrats to Nick on being named a finalist for the Rimington award, given to the nation's finest center. LeCharles Bentley won this award in 2001.
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DALLAS, TX (December 1, 2005) --- Finalists for the Dave Rimington Trophy presented to the outstanding center in college football are Mike Degory, the University of Florida, Greg Eslinger of the University of Minnesota, Mark Fenton of the University of Colorado, Nick Mangold of The Ohio State University, Dan Mozes of the University of West Virginia, and Marvin Phillip of the University of California.
2005 Rimington Trophy Finalists
Mike Degory/Florida
Greg Eslinger/Minnesota
Mark Fenton/Colorado
Nick Mangold/Ohio State
Dan Mozes/West Virginia
Marvin Philip/California
The winner of the 2005 Rimington Trophy will announced on Thursday, December 8, 2005 and 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
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. Our policy is to count all players that play primarily the center position for their respective teams as centers, even though they maybe 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 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 the Rimington Trophy committee.
The winner will be honored at the awards banquet at the Rococo Theater in Lincoln, Nebraska, on January 7, 2006. The featured speakers at the banquet will be Legendary Coach John Gagliardi and Heisman Trophy Winner John Cappelletti.
About the Rimington Trophy
The six-year old trophy (Nebraska’s Dominic Raiola, Ohio State's LeCharles Bentley, Miami’s Brett Romberg, Virginia Tech’s Jake Grove, and co-winners Michigan’s David Baas and LSU’s Ben Wilkerson are past recipients) is presented by Canon, USA, Black & Decker, Mid American Energy Holdings and Power Sentry. Since its inception the Rimington Trophy Award has raised over $450,000 for the award’s benefactor, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, which is hosted by the Boomer Esiason Foundation that to date has raised over $40,000,000 for CF Research.
Rimington the award's namesake was a consensus first-team All-America center at Nebraska in 1981 and 1982 - years in which he became the John Outland Trophy's only double winner as the nation's finest college interior lineman.
2005 marks the first year that the Rimington Trophy is a part of the National College Football Awards Association.