Two Michigan football offensive lineman make the Outland Trophy Watch List
On Tuesday, it was announced that both Zak Zinter and Olu Oluwatimi made the Outland Trophy Watch List for the 2022 football season.
👀 Watch them@zak_zinter and Olu Oluwatimi are on the Outland Trophy Watch List!#GoBlue pic.twitter.com/UoikGhej0K
— Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) July 26, 2022
There are 89 interior linemen on the watch list which includes tackles(offensive and defensive), guards, and centers.
The Outland Trophy is the third-oldest major college football award. Created in 1946 when Dr. John Outland presented the FWAA with a financial contribution to initiate the award, the Outland Trophy has been given to the best interior lineman in college football ever since. Dr. Outland, an All-American at the University of Pennsylvania in the late 1890s, eventually took up practice in Kansas City, Mo. An avid outdoorsman, Dr. Outland believed linemen did not get the credit they deserved and wanted an award to recognize them.
Guard Zak Zinter returns to Michigan after being a part of the Joe Moore Award-winning offensive line from the 2021 football season for the Wolverines. The junior started 12 games at right guard last season and was an All-Big Ten selection in 2021.
Center Olu Oluwatimi was also named to the Outland Trophy Watch List on Tuesday and there isn’t much of a surprise here. Oluwatimi, the graduate transfer from Virginia, was a Rimington Award finalist last season and an All-American. He took more snaps at center than any other ACC center this past year, and he is expected to anchor the Wolverines’ offensive line in 2022.
Georgia’s Jordan Davis (DT) won the Outland Trophy in 2021.
You can see all 89 players on the watch list below:
2022 OUTLAND TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST (89) | ||
C Steve Avila, TCU | G A.J. Gillie, Louisiana | G Lokahi Pauole, UCF |
G Clark Barrington, BYU | OT Anton Harrison, Oklahoma | OT Nolan Potter Jr., NIU |
DT Kyon Barrs, Arizona | C Sincere Haynesworth, Tulane | C Jake Renfro, Cincinnati |
G T.J. Bass, Oregon | OT Cooper Hodges, App State | G Layden Robinson, Texas A&M |
OT Cooper Beebe, Kansas State | DT Siaki Ika, Baylor | DT Jaquelin Roy, LSU |
DT Keeanu Benton, Wisconsin | DT McKinnley Jackson, Texas A&M | G Brendan Schlittler, Liberty |
OT Connor Bishop, Army | DT Desjuan Johnson, Toledo | C John Michael Schmitz, Minnesota |
DT Bryan Bresee, Clemson | OT Paris Johnson Jr., Ohio State | OT Peter Skoronski, Northwestern |
G Marco Brewer, Oregon State | OT Broderick Jones, Georgia | DT Jacob Slade, Michigan State |
G Nick Broeker, Ole Miss | OT Dawand Jones, Ohio State | OT Everett Smalley, Air Force |
DT Jalen Carter, Georgia | DT Calijah Kancey, Pitt | G Sidy Sow, Eastern Michigan |
G Caleb Chandler, Louisville | OT Jaxson Kirkland, Washington | OT Cole Spencer, Texas Tech |
DT Elijah Chatman, SMU | C Willie Lampkin, Coastal Carolina | OT Austin Stidham, Troy |
DT Will Choloh, Troy | OT Quantavious Leslie, WKU | DT Dante Stills, West Virginia |
C Eli Cox, Kentucky | G Josh Lugg, Notre Dame | C Ricky Stromberg, Arkansas |
OT Braeden Daniels, Utah | G Christian Mahogany, Boston College | C Malik Sumter, Georgia State |
DT Tyler Davis, Clemson | C Ahofitu Maka, UTSA | DT Junior Tafuna, Utah |
DT Gervon Dexter, Florida | DT Scott Matlock, Boise State | DT Leonard Taylor, Miami |
C Trevor Downing, Iowa State | OT Jordan McFadden, Clemson | OT Kadeem Telfort, UAB |
DT Cory Durden, N.C. State | C Manase Mose, North Texas | OT Joe Tippmann, Wisconsin |
DT Justin Eboigbe, Alabama | DT Myles Murphy, North Carolina | OT O’Cyrus Torrence, Florida |
G Emil Ekiyor, Alabama | DT PJ Mustipher, Penn State | DT Tuli Tuipulotu, USC |
DT Ikenna Enechukwu, Rice | OT Zion Nelson, Miami | C Alama Uluave, San Diego State |
G Warren Ericson, Georgia | C Drake Nugent, Stanford | G Andrew Vorhees, USC |
OT Alfred Edwards, Utah State | OT Dylan O’Quinn, Cincinnati | OT Carter Warren, Pitt |
C Alex Forsyth, Oregon | OT John Ojukwu, Boise State | DT Daymond Williams, Buffalo |
OT Blake Freeland, BYU | C Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan | OT Dylan Wonnum, South Carolina |
OT Aaron Frost, Nevada | OT Alex Palczewski, Illinois | G Hunter Woodard, Oklahoma State |
C Jacob Gall, Baylor | C Jarrett Patterson, Notre Dame | G Zak Zinter, Michigan |
OT Connor Galvin, Baylor | OT Patrick Paul, Houston | |
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