Sedrick Van Pran named 2023 Rimington Trophy finalist

UGA football junior offensive lineman Sedrick Van Pran has been named a finalist for the 2023 Rimington Trophy, the Rimington Trophy Committee has announced.

The Rimington Trophy is presented annually to the most outstanding center in NCAA Division I College Football. The winner is chosen by determining the consensus All-American center from three existing All-America teams: Walter Camp Foundation (WCF), Sporting News (SN), and the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).

The other two finalists for the 2023 Rimington Trophy are Oregon’s Jackson Powers-Johnson and Michigan’s Drake Nugent.

Sedrick Van Pran (6-4, 310) is a native of New Orleans, La. (Warren Easton High School). Van Pran has started at center in all 13 games for the Bulldogs this season. He was named to the Midseason All-America Team by the AP (Second) and ESPN and was also named to the Senior Bowl Midseason All-America Team.

The sixth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs (12-1) are set to face the fifth-ranked Florida State Seminoles (13-0) in the Capital One Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. The game will be televised by ESPN at 4:00pm ET (Buy Tickets).

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Finalist – Rimington Trophy

Awarded annually to the most outstanding center in college football.#GoDawgs | @SedrickVanPran pic.twitter.com/5YbJvsVr1N

— Georgia Football (@GeorgiaFootball) December 4, 2023