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          Big 12 Blog

          Big 12 has five on Rimington Watch List

          • Jake Trotter, ESPN Senior WriterMay 19, 2014, 05:00 PM
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              Jake Trotter covers college football for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him @Jake_Trotter.
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          Half of the centers in the Big 12 were named to the watch list for the Rimington Trophy, which is given to the top center in college football annually:

          • Ty Darlington (Oklahoma): Darlington appears to be the heir-apparent to All-American Gabe Ikard at center; Darlington has appeared in 12 games along the Oklahoma offensive line in his career.

          • Dominic Espinosa (Texas): Espinosa will be a four-year starter for the Longhorns and is tied with Kansas State's B.J. Finney for the most career Big 12 offensive line starts with 39.

          • Tom Farniok (Iowa State): Farniok will be entering his fourth year as Iowa State's starting center; he's been an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection the past two seasons.

          • B.J. Finney (Kansas State): Finney will also be a four-year starter and is a reigning first-team All-Big 12 center.

          • Joey Hunt (TCU): Hunt started all 12 games for the Horned Frogs last season as a true sophomore.