Nick Carlson on the 2011 Rimington Trophy Watch List
The Rimington Trophy is given annually to the top center in college football. Congrats to Carlson for making the list this year. Hope he can help anchor the Wyoming line this year. The trophy is named after Dave Rimington who played at Wisconsin and is considered one of the best offensive linemen of all time. His college career ended with an impressive list of achievements: Outland Trophy - 1981 & 1982, he is the only football player to win this award twice. The Lombardi Award - 1982 Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year 1982 Orange Bowl Offensive Player of the Game 1982 Two-time All-American Three-time All-Conference Two-time Academic All-American Three-time Academic All-Conference NCAA Top Ten Student Athlete College Football Hall of Fame-1997. Academic All-American Hall of Fame 2004

