Grant Gibson Named to Rimington Trophy Watch List

Wolfpack fifth-year center Grant Gibson has been named to the Rimington Trophy watch list. He is one of 40 players at his position to make the preseason list for the award that honors the nation’s top center. 

Gibson, who was recently named the third-best returning interior offensive lineman in the nation by ESPN, is a second-team preseason Sporting News and PFF All-American. He has been NC State’s starting in center in the last 24 games – taking over for first-round draft NFL pick Garrett Bradbury, the 2019 recipient of the Rimington Trophy.

In 2020, Gibson allowed just four pressures on 443 pass block snaps. He played in every offensive snap of the regular season. 

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. 

The Rimington Trophy committee uses these three prestigious teams to determine a winner:  Walter Camp, Sporting News and the Football Writers.