Antoine Caldwell Named to Rimington Trophy Watch List
5/1/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Junior center Antoine Caldwell was named to the 2007 Rimington Trophy Spring Watch List on Tuesday.
For the second straight year, Caldwell, a native of Montgomery, finds his name on the prestigious list. He was named to the watch list prior to the 2006 season after only playing one game at center in his collegiate career.
Last season Caldwell started all 13 games at center and guided the Crimson Tide offensive line. He was named to the All-SEC second team by the league's 12 coaches. He was also selected the SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week on Sept. 4. He was one of only five players to tally over 800 snaps, finishing with a total of 810 plays on the year. He was second on the team with 58 knockdowns during the regular season, recording five or more knockdowns in six of the 12 games.
As a freshman Caldwell was one of the top freshman offensive linemen in the country. He played 772 snaps and earned Rivals.com first team Freshman All-America honors and was a Freshman All-SEC pick. He played most of the season as a guard before moving to center for the 2006 AT&T Cotton Bowl.
The Rimington Trophy is an eight year old award presented by Canon, Cornhusker Marriott and Logitech. The award is hosted by the Boomer Esiason Foundation.
West Virginia's Dan Mozes, Minnesota's Greg Eslinger, Michigan's David Baas (2004 co-winner), LSU's Ben Wilkerson (2004 co-winner), Virginia Tech's Jake Grove, Miami's Brett Romberg, Ohio State's LeCharles Bentley, and Nebraska's Dominic Raiola are past recipients.
Esiason created his foundation in 1993 to support research and treatment of cystic fibrosis. Esiason and Dave Rimington were teammates on the Cincinnati Bengals from 1984-87. Rimington, the award's namesake, was a consensus first team All- America center at Nebraska in 1981 and 1982 during which he became the John Outland Trophy's only double winner as the nation's premiere college interior lineman.
The winner is selected by determining the consensus All-American center pick from four existing All America Teams, including the American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp Foundation, Sporting News and Football Writers Association of America
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 the Rimington Trophy committee.
The winner will be honored at an awards banquet at the Rococo Theater in Lincoln, Nebraska in January of 2008.
Caldwell is one of 20 juniors named to the list of 47 preseason candidates.
2007 Rimington Trophy Watch List
| Kenny Alfred | Washington State | Sophomore | 6'2" | 293 lbs. |
| Sete Aulai | BYU | Senior | 6'0" | 290 lbs. |
| Royce Blackledge | Mississippi State | Senior | 6'4" | 293 lbs. |
| Tim Bond | Wyoming | Junior | 6'4" | 296 lbs. |
| Jason Bosley | Auburn | Junior | 6'2" | 280 lbs. |
| Brett Byford | Nebraska | Senior | 6'3" | 300 lbs. |
| Antoine Caldwell | Alabama | Junior | 6'3" | 288 lbs. |
| Jim Cordle | Ohio State | Sophomore | 6'5" | 275 lbs. |
| Mike Dent | West Virginia | Junior | 6'4" | 285 lbs. |
| Kyle DeVan | Oregon State | Senior | 6'2" | 310 lbs. |
| Rafael Eubanks | Iowa | Sophomore | 6'3" | 288 lbs. |
| Robby Felix | UTEP | Junior | 6'3" | 295 lbs. |
| Dominic Green | Nevada | Junior | 6'3" | 295 lbs |
| Blaine Guenther | Air Force | Senior | 6'2" | 270 lbs. |
| Kyle Gunther | Utah | Senior | 6'4" | 304 lbs. |
| Antron Harper | Navy | Senior | 5'11" | 272 lbs. |
| Brett Helms | LSU | Junior | 6'2" | 283 lbs. |
| Chris Joseph | UCLA | Senior | 6'5" | 282 lbs. |
| Steve Justice | Wake Forest | Senior | 6'4" | 280 lbs. |
| Adam Korby | Idaho | Junior | 6'2" | 292 lbs. |
| Robbie Krutilla | Western Michigan | Senior | 6'3" | 308 lbs. |
| Doug Legursky | Marshall | Senior | 6'3" | 308 lbs. |
| Scott Lenahan | North Carolina | Senior | 6'1" | 290 lbs. |
| Kory Lichtensteiger | Bowling Green | Senior | 6'3" | 300 lbs. |
| Jonathan Luigs | Arkansas | Junior | 6'4" | 305 lbs. |
| Alex Mack | California | Junior | 6'5" | 295 lbs. |
| Tim Mattran | Stanford | Senior | 6'5" | 300 lbs. |
| Ryan McDonald | Illinois | Junior | 6'5" | 300 lbs. |
| Josh McNeil | Tennessee | Sophomore | 6'4" | 280 lbs. |
| Drew Miller | Florida | Senior | 6'5" | 297 lbs. |
| Trey Miranne | Army | Senior | 6'0" | 273 lbs. |
| Justin Paysinger | San Jose State | Junior | 6'1" | 295 lbs. |
| Mike Pollak | Arizona State | Senior | 6'4" | 300 lbs. |
| Daniel Sanders | Colorado | Junior | 6'3" | 305 lbs. |
| Blake Schlueter | Texas Christian | Junior | 6'3" | 272 lbs. |
| Kevin Sheridan | Boston College | Senior | 6'3" | 295 lbs. |
| A.Q. Shipley | Penn State | Junior | 6'1" | 293 lbs. |
| Adam Spieker | Missouri | Junior | 6'4" | 310 lbs. |
| John Sullivan | Notre Dame | Senior | 6'4" | 290 lbs. |
| Ryan Tonnemacher | Utah State | Junior | 6'3" | 272 lbs. |
| Lafu Tuioti-Mariner | Hawaii | Junior | 6'0" | 279 lbs. |
| Kevin Tuminello | Georgia Tech | Senior | 6'4" | 290 lbs. |
| Cody Wallace | Texas A&M | Senior | 6'4" | 296 lbs. |
| Ryan Wendell | Fresno State | Senior | 6'2" | 285 lbs. |
| Austin Wilkinson | Rice | Junior | 6'2" | 270 lbs. |
| Eric Wood | Louisville | Junior | 6'4" | 301 lbs. |
| Ben Wyss | Indiana | Senior | 6'1" | 280 lbs. |
