May 7, 2008

NEW YORK CITY (SMU) - SMU junior-to-be Mitch Enright has been named to the 2008 Rimington Trophy Spring Watch List, the committee announced today. The Rimington Trophy is awarded annually to the outstanding college offensive center in NCAA Division I-A.

Enright, a native of Southlake, Texas, started all 12 games at center for SMU in 2007. He was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Football Team and the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll and was a winner of a Conference USA Academic Medal.

The nine-year old trophy is presented by the Boomer Esiason Foundation. Past recipients include Nebraska's Dominic Raiola, Ohio State's LeCharles Bentley, Miami's Brett Romberg, Virginia Tech's Jake Grove, co-winners Michigan's David Baas and LSU's Ben Wilkerson, Minnesota's Greg Eslinger, West Virginia's Dan Mozes and Arkansas' Jonathan Luigs. Rimington, the award's namesake, was a consensus first team All-America Center at 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.

In all, there are 42 players 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 - American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp Foundation, The Sporting News and the Football Writers Association of America. The Center with the most first team votes will be determined the winner.

The winner will be honored at the Rimington Trophy Presentation banquet at the Rococo Theatre in Lincoln, Nebraska on January 17, 2009.

2008 Rimington Trophy Spring Watch List


Antoine Caldwell, Alabama, 6'3", 292 lbs., Senior
Blake Kerley, Arizona, 6'2", 285 lbs., Junior
Jonathan Luigs, Arkansas, 6'4", 314 lbs., Senior
Jason Bosley, Auburn, 6'2", 281 lbs., Senior
J.D. Walton, Baylor, 6'3", 302 lbs., Junior
Alex Mack, California, 6'5", 316 lbs., Senior
Colin Miller, Central Michigan, 6'3", 280 lbs., Sophomore
Daniel Sanders, Colorado, 6'3", 325 lbs., Senior
Keith Gray, Connecticut, 6'2", 287 lbs., Senior
Brad Serini, Florida International, 6'4", 275 lbs., Sophomore
Ryan McMahon, Florida State, 6'3", 275 lbs., Sophomore
John Estes, Hawaii, 6'2", 290 lbs., Junior
Carl Barnett, Houston, 6'3", 285 lbs., Junior
Adam Korby, Idaho, 6'2", 292 lbs., Junior
Alex Perry, Indiana, 6'7", 292 lbs., Sophomore
Ryan Cantrell, Kansas, 6'3", 295 lbs., Senior
Jordan Bedore, Kansas State, 6'3", 308 lbs., Senior
Chris Fisher, Louisiana-Lafayette, 6'2", 280 lbs., Sophomore
Eric Wood, Louisville, 6'4", 309 lbs., Senior
Brett Helms, LSU, 6'2", 283 lbs., Senior
Edwin Williams, Maryland, 6'2", 315 lbs., Senior
Philip Beliles, Memphis, 6'5", 270 lbs., Senior
Dominic Green, Nevada, 6'3", 295 lbs., Senior
Jim Cordle, Ohio State, 6'4", 297 lbs., Junior
Jon Cooper, Oklahoma, 6'2", 289 lbs., Senior
Andrew Lewis, Oklahoma State, 6'5", 290 lbs., Junior
A.Q. Shipley, Penn State, 6'1", 293 lbs., Junior
Ryan Blaszcyk, Rutgers, 6'4", 285 lbs., Senior
Mitch Enright, SMU, 6'2", 275 lbs., Junior
Jake Griffin, South Florida, 6'4", 307 lbs., Senior
Alex Fletcher, Stanford, 6'3", 295 lbs., Senior
Blake Schlueter, TCU, 6'3", 272 lbs., Senior
Alex Derenthal, Temple, 6'4", 294 lbs., Senior
Josh McNeil, Tennessee, 6'4", 280 lbs., Junior
Chris Hall, Texas, 6'4", 300 lbs., Junior
Danny Franks, Troy, 6'3", 308 lbs., Junior
Kristopher O'Dowd, USC, 6'5", 300 lbs., Sophomore
Ryan Tonnemacher, Utah State, 6'3", 292 lbs., Senior
Robby Felix, UTEP, 6'3", 295 lbs., Senior
Juan Garcia, Washington, 6'3", 315 lbs., Senior
Kenny Alfred, Washington State, 6'2", 310 lbs., Junior
Mike Dent, West Virginia, 6'3", 300 lbs., Senior