July 6, 2016
SAN DIEGO - San Diego State senior football player Arthur Flores (Denver) has been named to the 2016 Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List, the Rimington Trophy Committee announced today. The award goes out to the most outstanding center in FBS play.
Flores started all 14 games at center for the Aztecs last season, helping SDSU to an 11-3 record, a Mountain West title and a 42-7 victory over Cincinnati in the Hawai'i Bowl. Flores blocked for a pair of 1,000-yard rushers in Donnel Pumphrey (1,653 yards) and Chase Price (1,008), marking the first time in school history that San Diego State had multiple 1,000-yard rushers. Additionally, the Aztecs allowed only 20 sacks on the season, ranking in a tie for 31st in the nation sacks allowed per game (1.43).
Flores is one of six from the MW on the initial fall list.
The finalists for the award will be announced on Dec. 5 and will use the All-America teams from the Walter Camp Foundation (WCF), Sporting News (SN) and the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) to determine a winner.
Since its inception, the Rimington Trophy has raised over $2.6 million for the cystic fibrosis community. The award is overseen by the Boomer Esiason Foundation, which is committed to finding a cure for cystic fibrosis and has raised over $120 million for the fight against cystic fibrosis.
Dave Rimington, the award's namesake, was a consensus first-team All-America center at 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.
SDSU season tickets are now available and can be purchased through GoAztecs.com, over the phone by calling (619) 283-7378, or by visiting Qualcomm Stadium's Window E between 9 a.m. PT and 5 p.m. PT. Fans who purchase season tickets will receive a free Donnel Pumphrey bobblehead.
The bobblehead (one per voucher while supplies last, which will be attached to the season ticket) can be picked up at either the Marketing Suite at Fowler Athletics Center (FAC1010 at the San Diego State campus) from Aug. 23-26 from 9 a.m. PT-5 p.m. PT, outside the Aztec Athletic Ticket Office (Window E) at Qualcomm Stadium from Aug. 30-Sept. 2 from 9 a.m. PT-5 p.m. PT, or before SDSU's opener on Sept. 3 vs. New Hampshire at the table in the Aztec Village (Qualcomm Parking Lot C1 / D1) from 2:30 p.m. PT-4:30 p.m. PT.
2016 Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List (Most Outstanding Center)
C Arthur Flores, Sr.