Two former athletes each from St. Thomas Aquinas & East Lake highlight Rimington Trophy watch list

Seven former Florida high school football athletes, including two each from St. Thomas Aquinas and East Lake, found their names gracing the 2016 watch list of the Rimington Trophy this morning.

The Rimington Trophy, which has been presented annually since 2000, is awarded to the nation’s premier center by the Boomer Esiason Foundation. The award is named after Dave Rimington who played center for the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1979 to 1982

Former Sarasota River center David Baas (Michigan), former Lakeland center Maurkice Pouncey (Florida) and former Vero Beach center Brian Stork (Florida State) have been the only athletes from Florida to have won the Rimington Trophy.

Here are the athletes from Florida that made the watch list.

Position, Name, College, High School

• OC Mason Cole, Michigan, East Lake
• OC Robert Conyers, Ole Miss, Braddock
• OC Lucas Crowley, North Carolina, Nease
• OC Ryan Crozier, Connecticut, St. Thomas Aquinas
• OC Dillon DeBoer, Florida Atlantic, East Lake
• OC Nick Linder, Miami (FL), St. Thomas Aquinas
• OC Michael Montero, Florida International, Columbus

Award finalists will be announced on December 5 with the award winner being presented on December 8 on The Home Depot College Football Awards on ESPN.