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* [http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/awards/walker.html Doak Walker Award Winners]. Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130505000928/http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/awards/walker.html Doak Walker Award Winners]. Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
* [http://www.espn.com/college-football/awards/_/id/5 College Football Awards - Doak Walker Award]. ESPN.com. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
* [http://www.espn.com/college-football/awards/_/id/5 College Football Awards - Doak Walker Award]. ESPN.com. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
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Doak Walker Award
Awarded forThe nation's top college football running back
CountryUnited States
Presented bySMU
History
First award1990
Most recentD'Onta Foreman, Texas
Websitehttp://smu.edu/doakwalker/

The Doak Walker Award, first awarded in 1990, honors the top running back in college football in the United States. It is named in honor of Doak Walker, a star halfback in college for the SMU Mustangs and in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions. The 2016 winner of the Doak Walker Award was D'Onta Foreman of Texas. The award requires all candidates to be:

  • in good academic standing, and
  • on schedule to graduate within one year of students in their eligibility classification.

The award recipient receives a sculpture of Doak Walker, cast in bronze and mounted on a wooden base. It was created by artist Blair Buswell, who has sculpted the busts of more than a dozen inductees in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Winners

Toby Gerhart's Doak Walker Award on display at the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame
Year Winner School Ref
1990 Greg Lewis Washington
1991 Trevor Cobb Rice
1992 Garrison Hearst Georgia
1993 Byron "Bam" Morris Texas Tech
1994 Rashaan Salaam Colorado
1995 Eddie George Ohio State
1996 Byron Hanspard Texas Tech
1997 Ricky Williams Texas
1998 Ricky Williams Texas
1999 Ron Dayne Wisconsin
2000 LaDainian Tomlinson TCU
2001 Luke Staley BYU
2002 Larry Johnson Penn State
2003 Chris Perry Michigan
2004 Cedric Benson Texas
2005 Reggie Bush USC
2006 Darren McFadden Arkansas
2007 Darren McFadden Arkansas [1]
2008 Shonn Greene Iowa [2]
2009 Toby Gerhart Stanford [3]
2010 LaMichael James Oregon [4]
2011 Trent Richardson Alabama [5]
2012 Montee Ball Wisconsin [6]
2013 Andre Williams Boston College [7]
2014 Melvin Gordon Wisconsin [8]
2015 Derrick Henry Alabama [9]
2016 D'Onta Foreman Texas [10]

References

General
Footnotes
  1. ^ "Tebow takes Maxwell, O'Brien; McFadden wins Walker". ESPN.com. December 7, 2007. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  2. ^ Rittenberg, Adam (December 11, 2008). "Iowa's Greene wins Doak Walker Award". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  3. ^ "Stanford's Toby Gerhart wins Doak Walker Award". The Mercury News. December 10, 2009. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  4. ^ "Oregon RB LaMichael James wins Doak Walker Award". San Diego Union-Tribune. Associated Press. December 9, 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  5. ^ "Alabama's Trent Richardson wins Doak Walker Award". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 8, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  6. ^ Temple, Jesse (December 6, 2012). "Wisconsin's Ball wins Doak Walker Award". Fox Sports. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  7. ^ Hightower, Kyle (December 12, 2013). "BC's Andre Williams Wins Doak Walker Award". Associated Press. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  8. ^ Potrykus, Jeff (December 11, 2014). "Melvin Gordon wins Doak Walker Award as top running back". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  9. ^ "Alabama's Derrick Henry wins Doak Walker Award". USA Today. Associated Press. December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  10. ^ Howe, Jeff (December 9, 2016). "Texas RB D'Onta Foreman wins the Doak Walker Award". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
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