cContact: Clark Teuscher, Sports Information Director, 630-637-5302 2023 Rimington Award Press Release Jan. 3, 2024 – North Central College football student-athlete Jarod Thornton has been named as the 2023 recipient of the Rimington Award as the nation’s top-performing center at the NCAA Division III level. The announcements of this year’s winners at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), Division II, Division III and NAIA levels were announced publicly Wednesday. Thornton is North Central’s first winner of the Rimington Award, which has been presented to centers in Division III for just more than 20 years. Thornton recently completed a four-year…