Army West Point Athletics
Toth Lands on Outland Trophy Watch List
July 17, 2017 | Football
Toth was a mainstay on the offensive line last season, which helped guide the second-ranked rushing attack in the nation to over 4,400 yards on the ground. He contributed to Army's success running the ball into the end zone as the Black Knights broke the Academy record for rushing touchdowns in a season with 46 in 2017.Â
Army has a history with Outland Trophy as Joe Steffy was the winner fo the award in 1947 as he joined Glenn Davis and Felix "Doc" Blanchard as national award honorees in the 1940s.Â
The list includes 24 offensive tackles, 21 defensive tackles, 20 centers and 16 offensive guards.
The Outland Trophy winner is chosen from three finalists who are a part of the annual FWAA All-America Team. The FWAA All-America Committee, after voting input from the entire membership, selects a 26-man first team and eventually the three Outland finalists. Committee members, then by individual ballot, select the winner. Only interior linemen on offense or defense are eligible for the award; ends are not eligible.
The list will be trimmed to six or seven semifinalists on Wed., Nov. 15. Six days later, three Outland Trophy finalists will be named by the FWAA. The winner of the 72nd Outland Trophy – named after the late John Outland, an All-America lineman at Penn at the turn of the 20th century – will be announced live on ESPN at The Home Depot College Football Awards on Thurs., Dec. 7. For the third straight year, the show will air from the National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
The Outland Trophy presentation banquet, sponsored by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee, will be held on Jan. 10, 2018 in Omaha, Neb. Former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden will receive the Tom Osborne Legacy Award at the same banquet.
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