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Novitsky Named to Rimington Trophy Watch List
10/14/2020 1:02:00 PM | Football
BUFFALO, NY - University at Buffalo sophomore center Mike Novitsky was named to the Rimington Trophy Watch List, the Rimington Trophy Committee announced on Wednesday. The award is giving annually to the nation's top center.
Novitsky is entering his second season as UB's starting center. He started all 13 games in 2019 and helped block for an offense that rushed for a school-record 3,256 yards and allowed a program-low eight sacks. He was an Academic All-MAC selection last season and was named to the FWAA Freshman All-American Team Midseason Watch List.
The Victor, NY native is one of seven centers from the Mid-American Conference named to the list.
The Rimington Trophy is presented annually to the most outstanding center in NCAA Division I College Football. Since its inception, the seventeen-year old award has raised over $4.45 million for the Boomer Esiason Foundation, which is committed to finding a cure for cystic fibrosis.
Dave Rimington, the award's namesake, was a consensus first-team All-America center at the University of Nebraska in 1981 and 1982, during which time he became the John Outland Trophy's only double winner as the nation's finest college interior lineman.
The Rimington Trophy Committee adjusted its procedures with consideration to the COVID-19 pandemic, choosing to hold its 2020 watch list until play began and a plan was implemented across all Division I conferences. This year, it accepted all nominations from eligible Division I programs with the goal of highlighting as many collegiate centers as possible and showing the outstanding commitment of the listed student-athletes.
For more on the Rimington Trophy, the full list of nominees and a list of past recipients, visit www.rimingtontrophy.com.
UB Players on Preseason Watch Lists
Bednarik Award – Taylor Riggins
Doak Walker Award – Jaret Patterson, Kevin Marks
Jim Thorpe Award – Tyrone Hill
Outland Trophy – Kayode Awosika
Bronko Nagurski Trophy – Malcolm Koonce, Taylor Riggins
Wuerffel Trophy – Max Michel
Maxwell Award – Jaret Patterson
Rimington Trophy - Mike Novitsky
Novitsky is entering his second season as UB's starting center. He started all 13 games in 2019 and helped block for an offense that rushed for a school-record 3,256 yards and allowed a program-low eight sacks. He was an Academic All-MAC selection last season and was named to the FWAA Freshman All-American Team Midseason Watch List.
The Victor, NY native is one of seven centers from the Mid-American Conference named to the list.
The Rimington Trophy is presented annually to the most outstanding center in NCAA Division I College Football. Since its inception, the seventeen-year old award has raised over $4.45 million for the Boomer Esiason Foundation, which is committed to finding a cure for cystic fibrosis.
Dave Rimington, the award's namesake, was a consensus first-team All-America center at the University of Nebraska in 1981 and 1982, during which time he became the John Outland Trophy's only double winner as the nation's finest college interior lineman.
The Rimington Trophy Committee adjusted its procedures with consideration to the COVID-19 pandemic, choosing to hold its 2020 watch list until play began and a plan was implemented across all Division I conferences. This year, it accepted all nominations from eligible Division I programs with the goal of highlighting as many collegiate centers as possible and showing the outstanding commitment of the listed student-athletes.
For more on the Rimington Trophy, the full list of nominees and a list of past recipients, visit www.rimingtontrophy.com.
UB Players on Preseason Watch Lists
Bednarik Award – Taylor Riggins
Doak Walker Award – Jaret Patterson, Kevin Marks
Jim Thorpe Award – Tyrone Hill
Outland Trophy – Kayode Awosika
Bronko Nagurski Trophy – Malcolm Koonce, Taylor Riggins
Wuerffel Trophy – Max Michel
Maxwell Award – Jaret Patterson
Rimington Trophy - Mike Novitsky
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