Notre Dame center Jarrett Patterson leads the Rimington Award Watch List released on July 22.
The Rimington Award is presented annually to the nation’s best college center and is named for the former Nebraska all-American.
Patterson enters the 2022 season coming off earning All-America honors for the Irish in 2021.
The Irish are featured in the 2022 College Football America Yearbook.
The College Football America 2022 Yearbook features more than 900 college football teams from the United States and Canada in more than 250 striking, full-color pages. That includes every team from the NCAA (FBS, FCS, Division II and Division III), NAIA, NJCAA, CCCAA and U Sports (Canada). It also includes dozens of action shots and stadium photos taken by the CFA staff.
2022 Rimington Award Preseason Watch List
Will Putman, Clemson
Jakai Clark, Miami (FL)
Grant Gibson, NC State
Johnny Jordan, Virginia Tech
Michael Jurgens, Wake Forest
Jacob Likes, Memphis
Sincere Haynesworth, Tulsa
Matt Lee, UCF
Jacob Gall, Baylor
Trevor Downing, Iowa State
Mike Novitsky, Kansas
Preston Wilson, Oklahoma State
Steve Avila, TCU
Zach Frazier, West Virginia
Olu Oluwatimi, Michigan
John Michael Schmitz, Minnesota
Luke Wypler, Ohio State
Juice Scruggs, Penn State
Gus Hartwig, Purdue
Joe Tippmann, Wisconsin
Will Rykard, UAB
Rusty Staats, Western Kentucky
Connor Pay, BYU
Jarrett Patterson, Notre Dame
Jacob Gideon, Western Michigan
Alama Uluave, San Diego State
Matthew Cindric, Cal
Alex Forsyth, Oregon
Jake Levengood, Oregon State
Drake Nugent, Stanford
Brett Neilon, USC
Ricky Stromberg, Arkansas
Nick Brahms, Auburn
Kingsley Eguakun, Florida
Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia
LaQuinston Sharp, Mississippi State
Bryce Foster, Texas A&M
Willie Lampkin, Coastal Carolina
Malik Sumter, Georgia State
Jake Andrews, Troy
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