McJunkin Named To 2011 Rimington Trophy Spring Watch List

by **PonyPride** » Fri May 20, 2011 11:20 pm

From SMUMustangs.com:

McJunkin Named To 2011 Rimington Trophy Spring Watch List
SMU Senior One Of 42 On List

May 20, 2011

DALLAS (SMU) - SMU senior Blake McJunkin is one of 42 players on the Spring Watch List for the 2011 Rimington Trophy, the award organization announced this week.

The Rimington Trophy is presented annually to the most outstanding center in college football and is named after the award's namesake, Dave Rimington, who was a consensus first-team All-America center at Nebraska in 1981 and 1982.

McJunkin, a 6-2, 290-lb. Plano native, started all 14 games at center for the Mustangs last season. He was named All-Conference USA honorable mention, blocking for an offense that totaled a school-record 3,861 passing yards and added 1,943 yards on the ground.

McJunkin is one of four Conference USA centers who were named to the Rimington List. The other C-USA centers tabbed to the Watch List are Eloy Atkinson of UTEP, Trent Dupy of Tulsa and UAB`s Darion Smith.

The winner will be honored at Rimington Trophy Presentation banquet at the Rococo Theater in Lincoln, Nebraska on January 14, 2012.

The following is a full list of those named to the 2011 Rimington Trophy Spring Watch List:

2011 Rimington Trophy Spring Watch List
Chris Anzevino - Kent State
Eloy Atkinson - UTEP
Mario Benavides - Louisville
Philip Blake - Baylor
Ben Bojicic - Bowling Green
Colin Boss - Middle Tennessee State
Mike Brewster - Ohio State
Terence Brown - BYU
Ben Burkett - Northwestern
Thomas Byrd - Boise State
Mike Caputo - Nebraska
Nick Carlson - Wyoming
Tom Castilaw - Arkansas State
Braxton Cave - Notre Dame
Trent Dupy - Tulsa
Dillon Farrell - New Mexico
James Ferentz - Iowa
Dalton Freeman - Clemson
Kevin Galeher - Western Michigan
Grant Garner - Oklahoma State
Garth Gerhart - Arizona State
Jeremiah Hatch - Kansas
A.J. Hawkins - Mississippi
Cam Holland - North Carolina
Tyler Horn - Miami
Grant Johnson - Oregon State
T.J. Johnson - South Carolina
Ben Jones - Georgia
Peter Konz - Wisconsin
Tyler Larsen - Utah State
P.J. Lonergan - LSU
Joe Madsen - West Virginia
Kai Maiava - UCLA
Blake McJunkin - SMU
David Molk - Michigan
Brian Moore - Duke
Weston Richburg - Colorado State
Matt Smith - Kentucky
Darion Smith - UAB
Travis Swanson - Arkansas
William Vlachos - Alabama
Scott Wedige - Northern Illinois

by **SMUguy** » Fri May 20, 2011 11:47 pm

Cool.

by **2ndandlong** » Sat May 21, 2011 6:52 am

Congrats to Blake on the nomination.

by **Cadillac** » Sat May 21, 2011 10:08 am

I wonder if he'll be the only backup on the list? Isn't he still fighting for his starting spot?

-CoS

by **Cadillac** » Sat May 21, 2011 10:10 am

I wonder if he'll be the only backup on the list? Isn't he still fighting for his starting spot?

-CoS

by **Stallion** » Sat May 21, 2011 1:01 pm

I hear every nominee gets a White Participant ribbbon

by **Pony_Law** » Sat May 21, 2011 5:28 pm

My cousin is on the list and will probably win it if they don't move him to tackle this year

by **Ikus** » Sat May 21, 2011 6:41 pm

Stallion wrote:I hear every nominee gets a White Participant ribbbon

Do they give those out for the most posts, too?

Congratulations, Blake! Now go out and prove why you're on the list.