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The 2010 Outland Trophy Watch List has been announced by the Football Writers Association of America and Rutgers junior offensive lineman Art Forst (Manasquan) has been named to the prestigious list.

Forst could play either guard or tackle for the Scarlet Knights in 2010 and enters the season with the most career starts of any offensive lineman on the team with 21. He has been a starter on the Rutgers offensive line since his true freshman season in 2008.

The FWAA will consider other players for the 2010 Outland Trophy Watch List and will also delete players as the season progresses. The FWAA All-America Committee will select three finalists in late November and eventually the overall winner.

The Outland Trophy, presented annually since 1946, is the third oldest award in major college football. The Outland Trophy is named after the late John Outland, an All-America lineman at Penn and Kansas at the turn of the century. The 2010 winner will be announced on The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Show on Dec. 9.

The Outland Trophy presentation banquet, sponsored by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee, will be on Jan. 13 in Omaha, Neb.

Forst is one of 14 starters and 45 letterwinners returning from last season's 9-4 squad that won the St. Petersburg Bowl. Rutgers is one of four teams in the nation to win four bowl games in the previous four seasons. In total, the Scarlet Knights have averaged nine wins per season over the previous four years.

SOURCE: RUTGERS