Jake Bennett has been added to the Rimington Trophy 2016 Spring Watch List, the school announced Tuesday. The annual award is presented to college football’s most outstanding center, and is one of the most prestigious awards given to offensive lineman.
Bennett is one of five Mountain West centers and 57 nationally named to the Spring Watch List and the first Ram to be added to a preseason watch list for a national award. The junior out of Bear Creek high school in Lakewood, CO., started all 13 games in 2015, and is widely known as one of the leaders of the locker room.