West Virginia senior center Joe Madsen has been named to the Rimington Trophy preseason watch list. He is one of 50 players named to the list and one of four players from the Big 12 Conference. The other candidates on the watch list from the Big 12 are B.J. Finney (Kansas State), James Fry (TCU) and Ben Haburn (Oklahoma).
Last season, Madsen solidified an offensive line that helped WVU win the Orange Bowl. The Rimington Trophy will be awarded to the top center in the nation. Form WVU center Dan Mozes won the award back in 2006.
The complete list is below:
Eloy Atkinson, Sr., UTEP
Mario Benavides, Sr., Louisville
Nick Carlson, Sr., Wyoming
Braxston Cave, PG, Notre Dame
Reese Dismukes, So., Auburn
Trent Dupy, Sr., Tulsa
Dillon Farrell, Jr., New Mexico
James Ferentz, Sr., Iowa
Jay Finch, Jr., Georgia Tech
B.J. Finney, So., Kansas State
Travis Frederick, Jr., Wisconsin
Dalton Freeman, PG, Clemson
James Fry, Sr., TCU
Kevin Galeher, Sr., Western Michigan
Hronis Grasu, So., Oregon
Ben Haburn, Sr., Oklahoma
Gus Handler, Jr. Colorado
Jonotthan Harrison, Jr., Florida
Khaled Holmes, Sr., USC
Andre Huval, Jr., Louisiana-Lafayette
Alec Johnson, Sr., San Diego State
T.J. Johnson, Sr., South Carolina
Barrett Jones, Sr., Alabama
Zac Kerin, Jr., Toledo
Tyler Larsen, Jr., Utah State
Patrick Lewis, Sr., Texas A&M
P.J. Lonergan, Sr., LSU
Mackey MacPerson, Jr., Syracuse
Joe Madsen, Sr., West Virginia
Mike Marboe, So., Idaho
Will Matte, Sr., Indiana
Blake McJunkin, Sr., SMU
Andrew Miller, Jr., Virginia Tech
Graham Pocic, Sr., Illinois
Ryan Powis, So., Army
Austin Quattrochi, Jr., Southern Miss.
Jordan Rae, Sr., UCF
Weston Richburg, Jr., Colorado State
Sam Schwartzstein, Sr., Stanford
Matt Smith, Sr., Kentucky
Matt Stankiewitch, Sr., Penn State
Tevita Stevens, Sr., Utah
Travis Swanson, Jr. Arkansas
Evan Swindall, Jr., Ole Miss
Ryan Turnley, Sr., Pitt
Brandon Vitabile, So., Northwestern
Stephen Warner, Sr., Louisiana Tech
Robert Waterman, So., UNLV
Camden Wentz, Sr., NC State