Ohio senior center Jake Pruehs has bee named by the Football Writers Association of America as a member of the 2017 Outland Trophy Watch List. This marks the second watch list Pruehs has been selected to. Earlier this summer he was selected to the Rimington Trophy watch list. Pruehs has started in 25 games during his career at Ohio including starting in all 14 games last season at center.
In 2016, Pruehs anchored the Ohio University Bobcats offensive line which gave up just 19 sacks through the season and averaged 26.3 points per game and 392.