Football: Outland Trophy List Announced
June 19, 2006 12:18 PM | General
June 19, 2006
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- West Virginia University's Dan Mozes and Jeremy Sheffey are two of 54 standout linemen nominated for consideration for the Outland Trophy Awarded to the nation's top offensive lineman, it was announced today.
The Outland Trophy has been awarded to the best offensive or defensive lineman in college football since 1946. The winner is selected by the FWAA's All-America Committee, which selects the association's 25-man team and picks three Outland Trophy finalists.
The 2005 Outland Trophy announcement will be on Dec. 7 in Orlando, Fla., on the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards Show. The Outland Trophy presentation banquet, sponsored by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee and First Data Corporation, is set for Jan. 11, 2007, in Omaha, Neb.
Minnesota center Greg Eslinger won the 2005 Outland Trophy. He was the third player from Minnesota to win the award after Tom Brown (1960) and Bobby Bell (1962). He is only the third center to claim major-college football's third-oldest award.
The Outland Trophy has been awarded annually by the FWAA since 1946. It is named after the late John Outland, a lineman at Pennsylvania at the turn of the century.
Nebraska has more Outland Trophy winners than another school. Seven Cornhuskers have claimed the trophy, with Nebraska center Dave Rimington being the only player to win it twice (in 1981 and '82).
Additional Outland Trophy candidates may be added during the course of the season. Tackles, guards and centers are eligible for consideration.
Mozes and Sheffey helped pave the way for West Virginia's nationally ranked rushing offense that defeated Georgia 38-35 in the 2006 Nokia Sugar Bowl. Both Sheffey and Mozes are seniors.
