The first watch list for the 2014 college football awards season came out on Monday. Yes it’s only May but it’s never too early to be talking about college football.
UConn Huskies center Alex Mateas was named to the 2014 Rimington Trophy Preseason Watch List as announced by the Rimington Trophy committee on Monday.
Mateas started his career at Penn State, redshirting in 2010. He transferred to UConn and sat out the 2011 season per NCAA transfer rules.
He made his debut in 2012 starting five games and playing in a total of a eight. He started all 12 games at center for the Huskies in 2013.
The Rimington Trophy is presented annually to the Most Outstanding Center in NCAA Division I-A College Football. The 12-year-old award is overseen by the Boomer Esiason Foundation, which is committed to finding a cure for cystic fibrosis and has raised over $100 million for CF Research. The award is voted on by four prestigious committees – American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp Foundation, Sporting News, and Football Writers Association of America.
The winner will be honored at the Rimington Trophy Presentation banquet at the Rococo Theater in Lincoln, Nebraska in January 2015.
For more information about the Riminington Trophy, visit there web site: www.RimingtonTrophy.com.
Here’s the full list:
| Name | School | Class | Height | Weight |
| Alex Mateas | Connecticut | RS Senior | 6’4 | 309 |
| Alex Huettel | Bowling Green | RS Junior | 6’3 | 292 |
| Andy Gallik | Boston College | Senior | 6’3 | 302 |
| Artie Rowell | Pittsburgh | Junior | 6’2 | 305 |
| Austin Reiter | USF | Senior | 6’3 | 286 |
| Austin Barron | Florida State | Senior | 6’3 | 292 |
| Austin Blythe | Iowa | Junior | 6’3 | 290 |
| B.J. Finney | Kansas State | Senior | 6’4 | 303 |
| Betim Bujari | Rutgers | Senior | 6’4 | 295 |
| Braden Lyons | Florida Atlantic | Senior | 6’5 | 295 |
| Brandon Vitabile | Northwestern | Senior | 6’3 | 300 |
| Bryce Redman | Houston | Senior | 6’1 | 285 |
| Bryce Giddens | Arkansas State | Junior | 5’11 | 300 |
| Chris Jasperse | Marshall | Senior | 6’4 | 289 |
| Cody Waldrop | South Carolina | RS Soph | 6’2 | 315 |
| Collin Rahrig | Indiana | RS Senior | 6’2 | 290 |
| Dan Voltz | Wisconson | Soph | 6’3 | 313 |
| David Peterson | San Jose State | Senior | 6’5 | 297 |
| David Andrews | Georgia | Senior | 6’2 | 295 |
| Deyshawn Bond | Cincinnati | Soph | 6’2 | 296 |
| Dillon Day | Mississippi State | Senior | 6’4 | 300 |
| Dominic Espinosa | Texas | Senior | 6’4 | 305 |
| Donald Senat | FIU | Senior | 6’2 | 285 |
| Dylan Foxworth | Tulsa | RS Soph | 6’2 | 280 |
| Edward Fusi | BYU | Senior | 6’0 | 317 |
| Elliott Porter | LSU | Senior | 6’4 | 300 |
| Evan Boehm | Missouri | Junior | 6’3 | 315 |
| Graham Shuler | Stanford | Junior | 6’4 | 282 |
| Greg Mancz | Toledo | Senior | 6’5 | 300 |
| Hroniss Grasu | Oregon | Senior | 6’3 | 297 |
| Isaac Seumalo | Oregon State | Junior | 6’3 | 305 |
| Jack Allen | Michigan State | Junior | 6’1 | 300 |
| Jake Smith | Louisville | Senior | 6’3 | 307 |
