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{{Infobox award
| name           = Rimington Trophy
| current_awards = 
| image          = RTLogo.jpg
| imagesize      = 134px
| image          = RimingtonTrophyLarge.jpeg
| imagesize      = 134px
| caption        = The Rimington Trophy
| description    = the most outstanding [[center (football)|center]] in [[college football]]
| presenter      = Boomer Esiason Foundation
| country        = [[United States]]
| location       = 
| year           = 2000
| holder         = [[Barrett Jones]]
| website        = http://www.rimingtontrophy.com
}}
The '''Dave Rimington Trophy''' is awarded to the player considered to be the best [[Center (American football)|center]] in [[college football]]. [[Dave Rimington]] was a center who played at the [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|University of Nebraska]] from 1979 to -1982.

A member of the National College Football Awards Association, the Rimington Trophy serves as a fundraiser for the [[Boomer Esiason]] Foundation's fight against [[cystic fibrosis]].  In addition to recognizing the season's most outstanding center in college football, the Rimington Trophy also recognizes legendary centers from the past by presenting the President [[Gerald R. Ford]] Legendary Center Award.  The award is presented annually to a former collegiate or professional center who was either a legend on the field or off the field by making extraordinary contributions through business, civic or philanthropic endeavors.

'''Selection Process'''
The winner of the Rimington Trophy is 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 uses these four prestigious teams to determine a winner:

•	[[American Football Coaches Association]] (AFCA)<br /> 
•	[[Walter Camp Foundation]] (WCF)<br /> 
•	''[[The Sporting News]]'' (SN)<br /> 
•	[[Football Writers Association of America]] (FWAA)<br />

Because the selectors of these four All-America teams can place centers in a "mix" of offensive linemen that includes [[offensive guard|guards]] and [[offensive tackle|tackles]], their 11-man first teams can often have two centers.  The Rimington Trophy committee’s policy is to count all players that play primarily the center position for their respective teams as centers, even though they may be 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 a majority vote from the Rimington Trophy committee.

==Winners==
[[File:Jake Kirkpatrick.jpg|thumb|right|[[Jake Kirkpatrick]] of [[Texas Christian University]], the 2010 Rimington Trophy winner.]]
{| class="wikitable"
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| Year !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| Player !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| School
|-
| 2000 || [[Dominic Raiola]] || [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]]
|-
| 2001 || [[LeCharles Bentley]] || [[Ohio State University|Ohio State]]
|-
| 2002 || [[Brett Romberg]] || [[University of Miami|Miami]]
|-
| 2003 || [[Jake Grove]] || [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University|Virginia Tech]]
|-
| 2004 <br> (tie)|| [[David Baas]]<br>[[Ben Wilkerson]] || [[University of Michigan|Michigan]]<br>[[Louisiana State University|LSU]]
|-
| 2005 || [[Greg Eslinger]] || [[University of Minnesota|Minnesota]]
|-
| 2006 || [[Dan Mozes]] || [[West Virginia University|West Virginia]]
|-
| 2007 || [[Jonathan Luigs]] || [[University of Arkansas|Arkansas]]
|-
| 2008 || [[A. Q. Shipley]]<ref>{{cite web|title=PSU Football: Shipley receives national award|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08345/934028-143.stm|first=Ron|last=Musselman|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=2008-12-10|accessdate=2008-12-10}}</ref> || [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State]]
|-
| 2009 || [[Maurkice Pouncey]]  ||  [[University of Florida|Florida]]
|-
| 2010 || [[Jake Kirkpatrick]]  ||  [[Texas Christian University|TCU]]
|-
| 2011 || [[David Molk]] || [[University of Michigan|Michigan]]
|-
| 2012 || [[Barrett Jones]] || [[University of Alabama|Alabama]]
|}

==Trophies won by school==
{| class="wikitable"
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| School !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| Winners
|-
| [[Michigan Wolverines|Michigan]] || 2
|-
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide|Alabama]] || 1
|-
| [[Arkansas Razorbacks|Arkansas]] || 1
|-
| [[Florida Gators|Florida]] || 1
|-
| [[LSU Tigers|LSU]] || 1
|-
| [[Miami Hurricanes|Miami]] || 1
|-
| [[Minnesota Golden Gophers|Minnesota]] || 1
|-
| [[Nebraska Cornhuskers|Nebraska]] || 1
|-
| [[Ohio State Buckeyes|Ohio State]] || 1
|-
| [[Penn State Nittany Lions|Penn State]] || 1
|-
| [[Texas Christian University|TCU]] || 1
|-
| [[Virginia Tech Hokies|Virginia Tech]] || 1
|-
| [[West Virginia Mountaineers|West Virginia]] || 1
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links ==
* [http://www.rimingtontrophy.com Official web site]

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