Matthews named to Rimington Watch List
Jul 08, 2014 | Football
Texas A&M junior center Mike Matthews was one of 66 players named to the Fall “watch list” for the Rimington Trophy, which is given annually to college football's most outstanding center.
Matthews is the second Matthews brother to be named to the prestigious list, joining older brother Kevin, who was a Rimington Trophy candidate for the Aggies in 2009. Another brother, Jake, was a finalist for the Outland Trophy and won the Southeastern Conference's Jacobs Blocking Trophy as a tackle for the Aggies in 2013.
Matthews, from Missouri City, Texas, started all 13 games at center for the 9-4 Aggies in 2013. With Matthews at the point of attack in 2013, the Aggies led the Southeastern Conference in passing offense (353.3/G), scoring offense (44.2/G) and total offense (538.4), and ranked in the top 10 nationally in all three categories. The Aggies produced 10 games with 500 or more total yards, including three 600-yard plus efforts.
2014 Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List (by Conference)
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SEC |
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Georgia |
David Andrews |
Senior |
6'2 |
295 |
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Missouri |
Evan Boehm |
Junior |
6'3 |
315 |
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Mississippi State |
Dillon Day |
Senior |
6'4 |
300 |
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Auburn |
Reese Dismukes |
Senior |
6'3 |
297 |
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Florida |
Max Garcia |
RS Senior |
6'4 |
311 |
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Alabama |
Ryan Kelly |
Junior |
6'5 |
296 |
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Texas A&M |
Junior |
6'2 |
285 |
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LSU |
Elliott Porter |
Senior |
6'4 |
300 |
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Kentucky |
Jon Toth |
Soph |
6'5 |
301 |
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Vanderbilt |
Joe Townsend |
Senior |
6'4 |
310 |
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South Carolina |
Cody Waldrop |
RS Soph |
6'2 |
309 |
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American |
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Cincinnati |
Deyshawn Bond |
Soph |
6'2 |
296 |
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Tulsa |
Dylan Foxworth |
RS Soph |
6'2 |
280 |
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Temple |
Kyle Friend |
Junior |
6'2 |
305 |
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UCF |
Joey Grant |
RS Junior |
6'2 |
291 |
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SMU |
Taylor Lasecki |
Junior |
6'3 |
296 |
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UConn |
Alex Mateas |
RS Senior |
6'4 |
309 |
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Houston |
Bryce Redman |
Senior |
6'1 |
285 |
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USF |
Austin Reiter |
Senior |
6'3 |
295 |
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ACC |
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Florida St. |
Austin Barron |
Senior |
6'3 |
292 |
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BC |
Andy Gallik |
Senior |
6'3 |
302 |
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Miami |
Shane McDermott |
Senior |
6'4 |
296 |
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Clemson |
Ryan Norton |
Junior |
6'3 |
280 |
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Pittsburgh |
Artie Rowell |
Junior |
6'2 |
305 |
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Duke |
Matt Skura |
RS Junior |
6'4 |
305 |
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Louisville |
Jake Smith |
Senior |
6'3 |
307 |
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Big Ten |
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Michigan State |
Jack Allen |
Junior |
6'1 |
300 |
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Iowa |
Austin Blythe |
Junior |
6'3 |
290 |
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Rutgers |
Betim Bujari |
Senior |
6'4 |
295 |
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Maryland |
Sal Conaboy |
Senior |
6'4 |
290 |
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Purdue |
Robert Kugler |
Junior |
6'3 |
290 |
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Minnesota |
Tommy Olson |
Senior |
6'4 |
306 |
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Nebraska |
Mark Pelini |
Senior |
6'0 |
290 |
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Indiana |
Collin Rahrig |
RS Senior |
6'2 |
290 |
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Northwestern |
Brandon Vitabile |
Senior |
6'3 |
300 |
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Wisconsin |
Dan Voltz |
Soph |
6'3 |
313 |
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Big 12 |
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Oklahoma |
Ty Darlington |
Junior |
6'2 |
298 |
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Texas |
Dominic Espinosa |
Senior |
6'4 |
305 |
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Iowa State |
Tom Farniok |
Senior |
6'4 |
300 |
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Kansas St. |
B.J. Finney |
Senior |
6'4 |
303 |
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TCU |
Joey Hunt |
Junior |
6'3 |
295 |
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C-USA |
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Marshall |
Chris Jasperse |
Senior |
6'4 |
289 |
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UTSA |
Nate Leonard |
Senior |
6'0 |
280 |
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Florida Atl. |
Braden Lyons |
Senior |
6'5 |
295 |
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FIU |
Donald Senat |
Senior |
6'2 |
285 |
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MAC |
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Central Michigan |
Nick Beamish |
Senior |
6'3 |
310 |
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Western Michigan |
Jon Hoffing |
Senior |
6'4 |
285 |
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Bowling Green |
Alex Huettel |
RS Junior |
6'3 |
292 |
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Toledo |
Greg Mancz |
Senior |
6'5 |
300 |
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Mountain West |
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New Mexico |
LaMar ratton |
Senior |
6'0 |
291 |
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Nevada |
Matt Galas |
Senior |
6'1 |
280 |
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Air Force |
Michael Husar |
Senior |
6'0 |
275 |
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San Jose State |
David Peterson |
Senior |
6'5 |
297 |
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San Diego State |
Jordan Smith |
Junior |
6'5 |
285 |
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UNLV |
Robert Waterman |
Senior |
6'2 |
290 |
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Pac-12 |
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UCLA |
Jake Brendel |
Junior |
6'4 |
285 |
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Washington |
Mike Criste |
Senior |
6'6 |
318 |
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Oregon |
Hroniss Grasu |
Senior |
6'3 |
297 |
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Arizona |
Steven Gurrola |
Senior |
6'2 |
291 |
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Oregon State |
Isaac Seumalo |
Junior |
6'3 |
305 |
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Stanford |
Graham Shuler |
Junior |
6'4 |
282 |
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Sun Belt |
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Arkansas State |
Bryce Giddens |
Junior |
5'11 |
300 |
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Idaho |
Mike Marboe |
Senior |
6'2 |
296 |
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New Mexico State |
Valerian Ume-Ezeoke |
Senior |
6'2 |
285 |
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Independent |
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BYU |
Edward Fusi |
Senior |
6'0 |
317 |
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Notre Dame |
Nick Martin |
Senior |
6'4.5 |
295 |
