Ryan Cantrell Named To Rimington Trophy Watch List
May 7, 2008
<?xml:namespace prefix=”st1″ ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags”?>LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas football player Ryan Cantrell was named to the 2008 Spring Watch List for the Rimington Trophy it was announced on Wednesday. The trophy is annually awarded to the nation’s top center.<?xml:namespace prefix=”o” ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office”?>
Cantrell, a 6-3, 295-pound, senior from Sugar Land, Texas (William P. Clements HS), is one of 42 players on the watch list, which includes seven players from the Big 12 Conference, the most of any league.
Cantrell started all 13 games last season for Kansas’ 12-1 team, which finished seventh in the national polls and won the FedEx Orange Bowl. He earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention honors, as well as KU’s Gale Sayers Award for courage.
Considered the team’s most consistent lineman during the year, Cantrell helped the Jayhawks produce one of the nation’s top offenses as KU averaged 42.77 points and 479.77 yards per game in 2007.
Cantrell started the last five games of his freshman year in 2005 before seeing action in three games as a sophomore. He started every game last season and is expected to be a leader on the line this year.
The winner of the award is based on first team votes from postseason All-America teams selected by the American Football Coaches Association, the Walter Camp Foundation, The Sporting News and the Football Writer’s Association of America.
The winner will be honored at the Rimington Trophy Presentation banquet at the Rococo Theatre in Lincoln, Neb. On January 17, 2009.
2008 Rimington Trophy Spring Watch List
Alabama Antoine Caldwell 6’3″ 292 lbs. Senior
Arizona Blake Kerley 6’2″ 285 lbs. Junior
Arkansas Jonathan Luigs 6’4″ 314 lbs. Senior
Auburn Jason Bosley 6’2″ 281 lbs. Senior
Baylor J.D. Walton 6’3″ 302 lbs. Junior
California Alex Mack 6’5″ 316 lbs. Senior
Central Michigan Colin Miller 6’3″ 280 lbs. Sophomore
Colorado Daniel Sanders 6’3″ 325 lbs. Senior
Connecticut Keith Gray 6’2″ 287 lbs. RS Senior
Florida International Brad Serini 6’4″ 275 lbs. Sophomore
Florida State Ryan McMahon 6’3″ 275 lbs. Sophomore
Hawaii John Estes 6’2″ 290 lbs. Junior
Houston Carl Barnett 6’3″ 285 lbs. Junior
Idaho Adam Korby 6’2″ 292 lbs. Junior
Indiana Alex Perry 6’7″ 292 lbs. Sophomore
Kansas Ryan Cantrell 6’3″ 295 lbs. Senior
Kansas State Jordan Bedore 6’3″ 308 lbs. Senior
Louisiana-Lafayette Chris Fisher 6’2″ 280 lbs. Sophomore
Louisville Eric Wood 6’4″ 309 lbs. Senior
LSU Brett Helms 6’2″ 283 lbs. Senior
Maryland Edwin Williams 6’2″ 315 lbs. Senior
Memphis Philip Beliles 6’5″ 270 lbs. Senior
Nevada Dominic Green 6’3″ 295 lbs. Senior
Ohio State Jim Cordle 6’4″ 297 lbs. Junior
Oklahoma Jon Cooper 6’2″ 289 lbs. Senior
Oklahoma State Andrew Lewis 6’5″ 290 lbs. Junior
Penn State A.Q. Shipley 6’1″ 293 lbs. Junior
Rutgers Ryan Blaszcyk 6’4″ 285 lbs. Senior
SMU Mitch Enright 6’2″ 275 lbs. Junior
South Florida Jake Griffin 6’4″ 307 lbs. Senior
Stanford Alex Fletcher 6’3″ 295 lbs. Senior
TCU Blake Schlueter 6’3″ 272 lbs. Senior
Temple Alex Derenthal 6’4″ 294 lbs. RS Senior
Tennessee Josh McNeil 6’4″ 280 lbs. Junior
Texas Chris Hall 6’4″ 300 lbs. Junior
Troy Danny Franks 6’3″ 308 lbs. Junior
USC Kristopher O’Dowd 6’5″ 300 lbs. Sophomore
Utah State Ryan Tonnemacher 6’3″ 292 lbs. Senior
UTEP Robby Felix 6’3″ 295 lbs. Senior
Washington Juan Garcia 6’3″ 315 lbs. Senior
Washington State Kenny Alfred 6’2″ 310 lbs. RS Junior
West Virginia Mike Dent 6’3″ 300 lbs. Senior
