San Diego State University Football has another athlete added to an awards list, center Alec Johnson. Alec Johnson was named to the 2012 Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List. The Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List consists of the best centers in college football (FBS). The watch list includes the top 51 centers in the (FBS).

The following four paragraphs are from paragraphs are from (rimingtontrophy.com). This gives us some insite into the award and how it came to be.

The winner of the Rimington Trophy will be selected by determining the consensus All-American center pick from four existing All-America Teams.While more than a dozen All-America football teams are selected annually, the Rimington Trophy committee will use these four prestigious teams to determine a winner:

American Football Coaches Association (AFCA)
Walter Camp Foundation (WCF)
Sporting News (SN)
Football Writers Association of America (FWAA)

The Rimington Trophy will also use these four teams to determine the winner of the center award. 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 will be to count all players that play primarily the center position for their respective teams as centers, even though they maybe 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 most second team votes will win. If there is still a tie, the winner will be determined by the Rimington Trophy committee.

2012 Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List

#1) UTEP Sr. Eloy Atkinson
#2) Louisville RS Sr. Mario Benavides
#3) Wyoming Sr. Nick Carlson
#4) Notre Dame Graduate Student Braxston Cave
#5) Mississippi State RS Soph. Dillon Day
#6) Auburn Soph. Reese Dismukes
#7) Tulsa Sr. Trent Dupy 
#8) New Mexico Jr. Dillon Farrell
#9) Iowa  Sr. James Ferentz
#10) Georgia Tech  RS Jr. Jay Finch
#11) Kansas State Soph. B.J. Finney
#12) Wisconsin Jr. Travis Frederick
#13) Clemson Graduate Student Dalton Freeman
#14) TCU  Sr. James Fry
#15) Western Michigan Sr. Kevin Galeher
#16) Oregon Soph. Hronis Grasu
#17) Oklahoma Sr.  Ben Habern 
#18) Colorado Jr. Gus Handler
#19) Florida RS Jr. Jonotthan Harrison
#20) USC Sr. Khaled Holmes
#21) Louisiana-Lafayette Jr. Andre Huval
#22) San Diego State Sr. Alec Johnson
#23) South Carolina Sr. T.J. Johnson
#24) Alabama Sr. Barrett Jones
#25) Toledo Jr. Zac Kerin 
#26) Utah State Jr. Tyler Larsen
#27) Texas A&M Sr. Patrick Lewis
#28) LSU Sr. P.J. Lonergan
#29) Syracuse Jr. Macky MacPherson
#30) West Virginia RS Sr. Joe Madsen 
#31) Idaho Soph. Mike Marboe
#32) Indiana RS Sr. Will Matte
#33) SMU Sr. Blake McJunkin
#34) Virginia Tech RS Jr. Andrew Miller
#35) Duke RS Sr. Brian Moore
#36) Illinois Sr. Graham Pocic
#37) Army Soph. Ryan Powis
#38) Southern Mississippi RS Sr. Austin Quattrochi
#39) UCF Sr. Jordan Rae
#40) Colorado State Jr. Weston Richburg 
#41) Stanford Sr. Sam Schartzstein
#42) Kentucky Sr. Matt Smith
#43) Penn State Sr. Matt Stankiewitch
#44) Utah Sr. Tevita Stevens
#45) Arkansas Jr. Travis Swanson
#46) Ole Miss Jr. Evan Swindall
#47) Pittsburgh Sr. Ryan Turnley
#48) Northwestern Soph. Brandon Vitabile
#49) Louisiana Tech RS Sr. Stephen Warner
#50) UNLV Soph. Robert Waterman 
#51) NC State Sr. Camden Wentz

The numbers on the list are not the actual rankings of the players listed. The names, grades, and universities were gathered from rimingtontrophy.com.

2012 Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List – Schedule.

Rimington Trophy Presentation
January 12, 2013
Rococo Theatre
140 North 13th Street
Lincoln, NE

(This schedule was compiled by rimingtontrophy.com)

Previous Rimington Trophy Award Winners

David Molk (Chargers), Jake Kirkpatrick (Colts), Maurkice Pouncey (Steelers),
A.Q. Shipley (Colts), Jonathan Luigs (Retired with Bangals), Dan Mozes (Free Agent), Greg Eslinger (Retired Broncos), Ben Wilkerson (Retired UFL), David Baas (Giants), Jake Grove (Free Agent),Brett Romberg (Free Agent), LeCharles Bentley (Retired Browns), and Dominic Raiola (Lions).

(The list of names was compiled by rimingtontrophy.com. The names of current teams listed next to the players names was compiled by our CEO)