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Levi Brown
Brown Named to Rimington Trophy Watch List
7/20/2018 12:50:00 PM | Football
Thundering Herd center earns honor
HUNTINGTON W.Va. – Marshall center Levi Brown was named to the Rimington Trophy Watch List Friday afternoon by the award's committee. The honor is given annually to college football's top center.
Brown, who started all 13 games at center last season, was selected as a preseason All-Conference USA pick by the league's head coaches and Athlon.
In 2017, he anchored an offensive line that generated 4,938 yards and an average of 5.50 yards per play. Marshall ranked fourth nationally in sacks allowed with 11 in 13 games (0.85 per game). Brown played a team-high 932 snaps and yielded just one sack all season. At season's end, he was honored by the league's head coaches in becoming the only freshman or sophomore to be tabbed to the league's first or second team.
While more than a dozen All-America teams are selected annually, the Rimington Trophy committee uses these three prestigious teams to determine a winner:
Walter Camp Foundation (WCF)
Sporting News (SN)
Football Writers Association of America (FWAA)
Because the selectors of these three All-America teams can place centers in a "mix" of offensive linemen that includes guards and 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 All- America 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 the 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. The winner will be recognized at the Rimington Trophy Presentation at the Rococo Theatre in Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday, January 12, 2019.
Brown, who started all 13 games at center last season, was selected as a preseason All-Conference USA pick by the league's head coaches and Athlon.
In 2017, he anchored an offensive line that generated 4,938 yards and an average of 5.50 yards per play. Marshall ranked fourth nationally in sacks allowed with 11 in 13 games (0.85 per game). Brown played a team-high 932 snaps and yielded just one sack all season. At season's end, he was honored by the league's head coaches in becoming the only freshman or sophomore to be tabbed to the league's first or second team.
While more than a dozen All-America teams are selected annually, the Rimington Trophy committee uses these three prestigious teams to determine a winner:
Walter Camp Foundation (WCF)
Sporting News (SN)
Football Writers Association of America (FWAA)
Because the selectors of these three All-America teams can place centers in a "mix" of offensive linemen that includes guards and 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 All- America 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 the 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. The winner will be recognized at the Rimington Trophy Presentation at the Rococo Theatre in Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday, January 12, 2019.
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