2014 Dave Rimington Trophy watch list

Published: Jul 08, 2014 at 07:52 AM

The long wait is nearly over as football fans are less than two months away from the start of the 2014 college football season. With the season approaching, the presenters of various college football awards have started releasing their "watch lists" for the season.

The organizers of the Rimington Trophy (top center) award released a list of 66 players. The Rimington list is headed by Oregon's Hroniss Grasu, along with Auburn's Reese Dismukes and Kansas State's B.J. Finney.

Dave Rimington Trophy watch list

David Andrews, Georgia
Austin Barron, Florida State
Nick Beamish, Central Michigan
Austin Blythe, Iowa
Evan Boehm, Missouri
Deyshawn Bond, Cincinnati
LaMar Bratton, New Mexico
Jake Brendel, UCLA
Bryce Giddens, Arkansas State
Betim Bujari, Rutgers
Sal Conaboy, Maryland
Mike Criste, Washington
Ty Darlington, Oklahoma
Dillon Day, Mississippi State
Reese Dismukes, Auburn
Dominic Espinosa, Texas
Tom Farniok, Iowa State
B.J. Finney, Kansas State
Dylan Foxworth, Tulsa
Kyle Friend, Temple
Edward Fusi, BYU
Matt Galas, Nevada
Andy Gallik, Boston College
Max Garcia, Florida
Joey Grant, Central Florida
Hroniss Grasu, Oregon
Steven Gurrola, Arizona
Jon Hoffing, Western Michigan
Alex Huettel, Bowling Green
Joey Hunt, TCU
Michael Husar, Air Force
Jack Allen, Michigan State
Chris Jasperse, Marshall
Ryan Kelly, Alabama
Robert Kugler, Purdue
Taylor Lasecki, SMU
Nate Leonard, Texas-San Antonio
Braden Lyons, Florida Atlantic
Greg Mancz, Toledo
Mike Marboe, Idaho
Nick Martin, Notre Dame
Alex Mateas, Connecticut
Mike Matthews, Texas A&M
Shane McDermott, Miami (Fla.)
Ryan Norton, Clemson
Tommy Olson, Minnesota
Mark Pelini, Nebraska
David Peterson, San Jose State
Elliott Porter, LSU
Collin Rahrig, Indiana
Bryce Redman, Houston
Austin Reiter, South Florida
Artie Rowell, Pittsburgh
Donald Senat, Florida International
Isaac Seumalo, Oregon State
Graham Shuler, Stanford
Matt Skura, Duke
Jake Smith, Louisville
Jordan Smith, San Diego State
Jon Toth, Kentucky
Joe Townsend, Vanderbilt
Valerian Ume-Ezeoke, New Mexico State
Brandon Vitabile, Northwestern
Dan Voltz, Wisconsin
Cody Waldrop, South Carolina
Robert Waterman, UNLV

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