Saturday, July 9, 2011

Big Ten paces Outland Trophy watch list

This year’s initial list features 65 players, with the Big Ten leading the way with 13 lineman. The SEC is next with 11, followed by the Pac-12 with nine, the ACC and Big 12 with seven and the Big East with six. All 11 Div. 1-A conferences are represented, as are independents BYU and Notre Dame.

More than a third of the players on the list (24) play offensive tackle, while 16 are listed as defensive tackles, 14 are guards and 11 are centers.

Wisconsin offensive tackle Gabe Carimi was the winner of the 2010 Outland. The winner of the 66th edition of the trophy, named after the late John Outland, an All-America lineman at Penn and Kansas at the turn of 20th century, will be announced on The Home Depot College Football Awards on Dec. 8 on ESPN.

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