Koons Selected To Rimington Watch List
September 05, 2003 | Football
Sept. 5, 2003
Louisville, Ky. -
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Senior center Dan Koons of the University of Louisville football team has been selected to The Rimington Trophy Watch List for the 2003 Rimington Trophy, honoring the nation's best college center.
Koons has started 21 straight games for the Cardinals at center, and was voted by by his teammates as one of the captains for the 2003 campaign. The 6-4 native of Columbus, Ohio, was instrumental in the Cardinals' season-opening win over Kentucky, as Louisville gained 240 yards on the ground in a 40-24 win over the Wildcats.
The award is named for Dave Rimington, college football's most decorated offensive lineman. Rimington is the only player ever to win the Outland Trophy twice, the former University of Nebraska center also won the Lombardi Rotary Award in 1982 and was named a two-time consensus All-America center and two-time Academic All-American.
The Rimington Trophy, established in 2000, is co-sponsored by Black and Decker and Canon, USA. Past Winners include Brett Romberg of Miami in 2002, LeCharles Bentley of Ohio State in 2001 and Nebraska's Dominic Raiola in 2000.The 2003 award will be presented Dec. 13 in Lincoln, NE, proceeds from the Rimington Trophy presentation will benefit the Boomer Esiason Foundation and it's fight against cystic fibrosis.
