After being selected to the award’s spring watch list back in May, Mississippi State senior center Elgton Jenkins earned a spot on the 2018 Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List.
Jenkins Selected to Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List
July 20, 2018 | Football
STARKVILLE, Miss. – After being selected to the award's spring watch list back in May, Mississippi State senior center Elgton Jenkins earned a spot on the 2018 Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List, the organization announced on Friday.
Jenkins is one of seven Southeastern Conference centers selected to the list as a total of 58 student-athletes were selected as nominees for the award. Jenkins is coming off an outstanding junior campaign in which he took over a starting role on the offensive line. The Clarksdale, Miss., native started all 13 contests in 2017, helping the Bulldog offense rack up 5,442 yards of total offense. MSU averaged 418.5 yards per game. Jenkins is the first Bulldog center to make the fall watch list since Jamaal Clayborn in 2016.
The Rimington Trophy committee uses the Walter Camp Foundation, Sporting News and Football Writers Association of America All-America teams to determine its winner. The center with the most first team votes will be determined the winner. The winner will be recognized at the Rimington Trophy Presentation at the Rococo Theatre in Lincoln, Neb., on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019.
For more information on the MSU football program, follow "HailStateFB" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. You can also find all-access coverage of the Bulldogs on SnapChat by searching for "HailStateSnap."
2018 Mississippi State Preseason Honors
Nick Fitzgerald, Sr., QB
Maxwell Award Watch List
Davey O'Brien Award Watch List
Elgton Jenkins, Sr., OL
Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List
Jeffery Simmons, Jr., DT
Athlon Sports Preseason All-American (Second Team)
Bednarik Award Watch List
Montez Sweat, Sr., DE
Athlon Sports Preseason All-American (Third Team)
Bednarik Award Watch List
Aeris Williams, Sr., RB
Doak Walker Award Watch List
Jenkins is one of seven Southeastern Conference centers selected to the list as a total of 58 student-athletes were selected as nominees for the award. Jenkins is coming off an outstanding junior campaign in which he took over a starting role on the offensive line. The Clarksdale, Miss., native started all 13 contests in 2017, helping the Bulldog offense rack up 5,442 yards of total offense. MSU averaged 418.5 yards per game. Jenkins is the first Bulldog center to make the fall watch list since Jamaal Clayborn in 2016.
The Rimington Trophy committee uses the Walter Camp Foundation, Sporting News and Football Writers Association of America All-America teams to determine its winner. The center with the most first team votes will be determined the winner. The winner will be recognized at the Rimington Trophy Presentation at the Rococo Theatre in Lincoln, Neb., on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019.
For more information on the MSU football program, follow "HailStateFB" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. You can also find all-access coverage of the Bulldogs on SnapChat by searching for "HailStateSnap."
2018 Mississippi State Preseason Honors
Nick Fitzgerald, Sr., QB
Maxwell Award Watch List
Davey O'Brien Award Watch List
Elgton Jenkins, Sr., OL
Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List
Jeffery Simmons, Jr., DT
Athlon Sports Preseason All-American (Second Team)
Bednarik Award Watch List
Montez Sweat, Sr., DE
Athlon Sports Preseason All-American (Third Team)
Bednarik Award Watch List
Aeris Williams, Sr., RB
Doak Walker Award Watch List
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