TEMPE, Ariz.—Sun Devil Football student-athlete Nick Kelly has been named to the 2015 Fall Watch List for the Rimington Trophy, awarded to the most outstanding center in NCAA Div. I football, the trophy committee announced Tuesday.
Kelly, a senior from Orangevale, Calif., started all 13 games in 2014 and was named a co-captain this past spring. He earned 2014 Second Team All-Pac-12 and Second Team Pac-12 All-Academic honors after he made his first career start in the season opener against Weber State.
He played an integral role in helping Arizona State tally more than 5,700 yards of total offense in 2014, including 1,000-yard rusher D.J. Foster, and has been a part of back-to-back 10-win seasons.
Kelly, who was selected to the trophy's spring watch list on May 19, is the sixth Sun Devil to earn a spot on the trophy’s watch list, including the first since Kody Koebensky in 2013. The 2015 watch list includes eight student-athletes from the Pac-12.
Sun Devils on Rimington Trophy Watch ListNick Kelly – 2015
Kody Koebensky – 2013
Garth Gerhart – 2011
Mike Pollak – 2007
Grayling Love - 2005
Scott Peters – 2001
The winner will be honored at Rimington Trophy Presentation banquet at the Rococo Theater in Lincoln, Nebraska on Jan. 16, 2016.
2015 Sun Devil Award Watch ListsRimington Trophy (nation's top center) - Nick Kelly
Maxwell Award (America's College Player of the Year) – Mike Bercovici, D.J. Foster
Bednarik Award (College Defensive Player of the Year) – Lloyd Carrington
Kelly, a senior from Orangevale, Calif., started all 13 games in 2014 and was named a co-captain this past spring. He earned 2014 Second Team All-Pac-12 and Second Team Pac-12 All-Academic honors after he made his first career start in the season opener against Weber State.
He played an integral role in helping Arizona State tally more than 5,700 yards of total offense in 2014, including 1,000-yard rusher D.J. Foster, and has been a part of back-to-back 10-win seasons.
Kelly, who was selected to the trophy's spring watch list on May 19, is the sixth Sun Devil to earn a spot on the trophy’s watch list, including the first since Kody Koebensky in 2013. The 2015 watch list includes eight student-athletes from the Pac-12.
Sun Devils on Rimington Trophy Watch ListNick Kelly – 2015
Kody Koebensky – 2013
Garth Gerhart – 2011
Mike Pollak – 2007
Grayling Love - 2005
Scott Peters – 2001
The winner will be honored at Rimington Trophy Presentation banquet at the Rococo Theater in Lincoln, Nebraska on Jan. 16, 2016.
2015 Sun Devil Award Watch ListsRimington Trophy (nation's top center) - Nick Kelly
Maxwell Award (America's College Player of the Year) – Mike Bercovici, D.J. Foster
Bednarik Award (College Defensive Player of the Year) – Lloyd Carrington
