Underdogs pounce on the Rimington Trophy Watch List

The Rimington Trophy is awarded to the most outstanding center in NCAA Division I-A football and is selected by determining the consensus All-American center pick from three existing All-America Teams. So to win, you'd better be a damn good center.

By AStateFanRules Jul 6, 2016, 11:16am EDT

Arthur Flores of the Aztecs is one of 25 Underdogs on watch for the 2016 Rimington Trophy

The Rimington Trophy is awarded to the nation's outstanding college center, and it was established in the year 2000 because somebody noticed that there wasn't an award given to the nation's outstanding college center. That's a crime. The center, as we all know, is King of the Offensive Line and the nation's best center probably deserves a trophy and a battleship. But that's meat for another column.

It may surprise you to learn that no Underdog has won the Rimington Trophy in the award's 15 year history. However, a hefty 25 Underdogs make the 2016 Rimington Trophy Watch List, all of them outstanding candidates and excellent student-athletes.