Jurgens Placed on Rimington Trophy Watch List
7/22/2022 10:00:00 AM | Football
Wake Forest is the only ACC school to have at least one player named to the Rimington Trophy, Biletnikoff Award, Doak Walker Award, Davey O’Brien Award and Maxwell Award Preseason Watch Lists.
New York, NY – For the fifth consecutive day this week, the Wake Forest football program had a player named to a national watch list. Friday morning, redshirt junior offensive lineman Michael Jurgens was named a Rimington Trophy Watch List member.
The Rimington Trophy is presented annually to the most outstanding center in NCAA Division I College Football. Since its inception, the award has raised over $5 million for the Boomer Esiason Foundation.
Dave Rimington, the award's namesake, 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 two-time winner as the nation's finest college interior lineman.
Jurgens, who just represented the Deacs as one of three student-athletes at the ACC Kickoff in Charlotte, N.C., has been a nominee for the award the past two seasons and enters his third year as a starter and second as a Wake Forest captain.
Additionally with Jurgens being named to the list, Wake Forest is the only ACC school and one of just for schools in the country to have at least one player named to:
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Rimington Award Watch List (July 22)
Center of the Beef Boys
A member of the All-ACC Team as an honorable mention in 2021, Jurgens started 13 games, all coming at center during the Demon Deacons historic 11-win season en route to the ACC Atlantic Division and Gator Bowl titles.
Over the course of the season, played the seventh-most snaps on the team, totaling 969 in 2021. He notched over 90 plays in two games against North Carolina and NC State.
His season-high 96 snaps came in a victory over No. 20 NC State, clinching the Deacs perfect home season and extending the home winning streak to nine games at Truist Field. Following the win, the Demascus, Md. native was named the ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week, grading out at 92 percent with three knockdowns and no sacks or pressures allowed.
Jurgens was named a captain ahead of the 2021 season, becoming just the third sophomore captain in the Dave Clawson era along with Sam Hartman and Ryan Javion and he will be a captain again for the second consecutive season.
Preseason Honors
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Athlon First Team All-ACC (Quarterback)
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Lindy's First Team All-ACC (Quarterback)
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Lindy's Preseason ACC MVP
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Phil Steele Third Team All-ACC (Quarterback)
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Phil Steele Second All-America (Wide Receiver)
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Phil Steele First Team All-ACC (Wide Receiver)
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Athlon First Team All-ACC (Wide Receiver)
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Lindy's First Team All-ACC (Wide Receiver)
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Rimington Award Watch List (July 22)
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Athlon Second Team All-ACC (Center)
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Lindy's Second Team All-ACC (Center)
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Phil Steele Second Team All-ACC (Center)
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Athlon First Team All-ACC (Punt Returner)
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Phil Steele First Team All-ACC (Punt Returner)
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Athlon Second Team All-ACC (Wide Receiver)
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Lindy's Third Team All-ACC (All Purpose)
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Athlon Second Team All-ACC (Defensive Line)
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Phil Steele Second Team All-ACC (Defensive End)
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Lindy's Third Team All-ACC (Defensive Line)
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Athlon Second Team All-ACC (Offensive Line)
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Phil Steele Second Team All-ACC (Guard)
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Athlon Third Team All-ACC (Defensive Back)
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Athlon Fourth Team All-ACC (Defensive Line)
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Athlon Fourth Team All-ACC (Linebacker)
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Phil Steele Fourth Team All-ACC (Wide Receiver)
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Phil Steele Fourth Team All-ACC (Punter)
