Football: Dent Named to Rimington List
May 08, 2008 01:31 PM | General
May 8, 2008
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| Mike Dent |
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - WVU senior center Mike Dent was one of 42 players named to the Rimington Trophy 2008 Spring Watch List , today, as selected by the Rimington Trophy committee.
Former WVU consensus All-American center Dan Mozes was selected as the recipient of the Rimington Trophy Award in 2006.
Dent, a second-team All-BIG EAST performer last year, started all 13 games at the center position and helped pave the way for the Mountaineer offense to produce two 1,000-yard rushers. The offense averaged 6.2 yards a carry, 297.2 yards a game rushing and 456.2 in total offense. The Mountaineers ranked No. 3 nationally in rushing offense, tied for No. 5 for fewest sacks allowed (13), No. 9 in scoring offense and No. 15 in total offense.
Dent finished with 35 knockdowns, including four against East Carolina, Louisville and Connecticut.
The Mountaineers finished 11-2 last season, won the BIG EAST Conference championship, defeated No. 3 Oklahoma, 48-28, in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and finished the season No. 6 in both polls.
This year’s list includes two finalists from the 2007 Watch List, as well as the 2007 winner of the Rimington Trophy, Arkansas' Jonathan Luigs. The Trophy has not had a repeat winner in its history.
In all, there are 42 players on the Watch List. A total of seven players represent the Big-12 Conference. The PAC-10 Conference is represented by six players, while the ACC, BIG EAST and SEC have five players each on the Watch List.
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:
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 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 the 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 Rimington Trophy Presentation banquet at the Rococo Theatre in Lincoln, Nebraska on January 17, 2009.
