Temple University Athletics
Rimington Award Places McGowan on Preseason Watch List
7.5.16 | Football
NEW YORK -- Temple graduate student Brendan McGowan has been named to the Rimington Trophy Committee's 2016 Spring Watch List, which includes the 50 best centers in Division I football. The athletes included on the list have demonstrated excellence at the center position in the past and are predicted to do so again for the 2016 season.
McGowan (6-3, 298) is a three-year letter winner for the Owls. He started four games at center in 2015, backing up Kyle Friend, who recently signed a free agent contract with the New York Jets. McGowan played in five total contests last season, including seeing time against #9 Notre Dame. The three-time conference All-Academic selection has played 23 career games for the Owls, also making 11 starts at right guard.
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About the Rimington Trophy
The Rimington Trophy is presented annually to the Most Outstanding Center in NCAA Division I-A College Football. The winner will be recognized at the Rimington Trophy Presentation at the Rococo Theatre in Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday, January 16, 2016. The Rimington Trophy is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA), which encompasses the most prestigious awards in college football.
Since its inception, the Rimington Trophy has raised over $2.6 million for the cystic fibrosis community. The fourteen-year old award is overseen by the Boomer Esiason Foundation, which is committed to finding a cure for cystic fibrosis and has raised over $115 million for CF Research.
Dave Rimington, the award's namesake, was a consensus first-team All-America center at the University of Nebraska in 1981 and 1982, during which time he became the John Outland Trophy's only double winner as the nation's finest college interior lineman.
McGowan (6-3, 298) is a three-year letter winner for the Owls. He started four games at center in 2015, backing up Kyle Friend, who recently signed a free agent contract with the New York Jets. McGowan played in five total contests last season, including seeing time against #9 Notre Dame. The three-time conference All-Academic selection has played 23 career games for the Owls, also making 11 starts at right guard.
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About the Rimington Trophy
The Rimington Trophy is presented annually to the Most Outstanding Center in NCAA Division I-A College Football. The winner will be recognized at the Rimington Trophy Presentation at the Rococo Theatre in Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday, January 16, 2016. The Rimington Trophy is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA), which encompasses the most prestigious awards in college football.
Since its inception, the Rimington Trophy has raised over $2.6 million for the cystic fibrosis community. The fourteen-year old award is overseen by the Boomer Esiason Foundation, which is committed to finding a cure for cystic fibrosis and has raised over $115 million for CF Research.
Dave Rimington, the award's namesake, was a consensus first-team All-America center at the University of Nebraska in 1981 and 1982, during which time he became the John Outland Trophy's only double winner as the nation's finest college interior lineman.
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