MACPHERSON NAMED TO RIMINGTON WATCH LIST

Coming off a season which saw him block for a 1,000-yard rusher for the second straight year, junior center Macky MacPherson is one of 50 players named to the Rimington Trophy Spring Watch List. The award is presented annually to the Most Outstanding Center in NCAA Division I-A College Football.

MacPherson is one of only four BIG EAST centers included on the list, and was also named to Phil Steele's 2012 Preseason All-BIG EAST Third Team two weeks ago.

Currently in its 13th season, the award is named after Dave Rimington, who was a consensus first-team All-America center at the University of Nebraska in 1981 and 1982, during which time he became the John Outland Trophy's only double winner as the nation's finest college interior lineman.

The Rimington Trophy committee uses four teams to determine a winner: the American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp Foundation, Sporting News and Football Writers Association of America. The winner will be honored at Rimington Trophy Presentation banquet at the Rococo Theater in Lincoln, Nebraska on January 12, 2013.

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