Zach Frazier Named to Rimington Award Watch List

Another preseason honor for the Mountaineer center.

West Virginia sophomore center Zach Frazier was named to the Rimington Award Watch List on Friday morning. The Rimington Award is given to the player considered to be the best center in college football. 

This year, the Trophy committee joined forces with Pro Football Focus to collect a list of the top 40 graded centers heading into the 2022 season. The full watch list is broken down by conference as seen below.

ACC

Will Putnam - Clemson

Jakai Clark - Miami

Grant Gibson - North Carolina State

Johnny Jordan - Virginia Tech

Michael Jurgens - Wake Forest

AAC

Jacob Likes - Memphis

Sincere Haynesworth - Tulane

Matt Lee - UCF

Big 12

Jacob Gall - Baylor

Trevor Downing - Iowa State

Mike Novitsky - Kansas

Preston Wilson - Oklahoma State

Steve Avila - TCU

Zach Frazier - West Virginia

Big 10

Olu Oluwatimi - Michigan

John Michael Schmitz - Minnesota

Luke Wypler Jr - Ohio State

Juice Scruggs - Penn State

Gus Hartwig - Purdue

Joe Tippmann - Wisconsin

C-USA

Will Rykard - UAB

Rusty Staats - Western Kentucky

Independant

Connor Pay - BYU

Jarrett Patterson - Notre Dame

MAC

Jacob Gideon - Western Michigan

Mountain West 

Alama Uluave - San Diego State

PAC 12

Matthew Cindric - California

Alex Forsyth - Oregon

Jake Levengood - Oregon State

Drake Nugent - Stanford

Brett Neilon - USC

SEC

Ricky Stromberg - Arkansas

Nick Brahms - Auburn

Kingsley Eguakun - Florida

Sedrick Van Pran - Georgia

LaQuinston Sharp - Mississippi State

Bryce Foster - Texas A&M

Sun Belt

Willie Lampkin - Coastal Carolina

Malik Sumter - Georgia State

Jake Andrews - Troy

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