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Of all the watch lists and nominee lists out there for the upcoming college football season, the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team is perhaps the most significant.

That's why a trio of local players — BYU's Fred Warner, Utah's Chase Hansen and Utah State's Jontrell Rocquemore — should be congratulated today.

The players have all been announced as nominees for the 2017 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, which honors student-athletes for their community service as well as their football prowess. The award has existed since 1992.

Warner, who will be a senior this fall, was noted for the following service:

* Participating in BYU's True Blue Hero program, which was started in partnership with the BYU football program, where "True Blue Heroes" are chosen by the team to be honored at one of the weekly practices; typically the heroes are children who are overcoming significant challenges in life.

* Visiting Utah State Prison with his teammates, providing motivation and inspiration to inmates

* Traveling to Harlem with head coach Kalani Sitake's charity, the More to Life Foundation, to speak to schools in the area and put on a football clinic with the Harlem Jets.

The field of 146 nominees will be pared down to 22 — 11 from the FBS and 11 from the FCS and Divisions II, III and NAIA — in September.

Also Tuesday, BYU center Tejan Koroma was named to the watch list for the Rimington Trophy for the third time. The Rimington Trophy honors the most outstanding center in college football.

Koroma, 6-foot and 290 pounds, will be a senior this fall. He was graded as one of the top four centers in college football in 2016 by Pro Football Focus. He has started in every game — 38 — for BYU in his first three seasons.