Doak Walker Award
| Awarded for | The nation's top college football running back |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | SMU |
| History | |
| First award | 1990 |
| Most recent | Bryce Love, Stanford |
| Website | http://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 2017 winner of the Doak Walker Award was Bryce Love of Stanford. 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
| 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] |
| 2017 | Bryce Love | Stanford |
References
- General
- Doak Walker Award Winners. Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- College Football Awards - Doak Walker Award. ESPN.com. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- Footnotes
- ^ "Tebow takes Maxwell, O'Brien; McFadden wins Walker". ESPN.com. December 7, 2007. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ^ Rittenberg, Adam (December 11, 2008). "Iowa's Greene wins Doak Walker Award". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ^ "Stanford's Toby Gerhart wins Doak Walker Award". The Mercury News. December 10, 2009. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ^ "Oregon RB LaMichael James wins Doak Walker Award". San Diego Union-Tribune. Associated Press. December 9, 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ^ "Alabama's Trent Richardson wins Doak Walker Award". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 8, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ^ Temple, Jesse (December 6, 2012). "Wisconsin's Ball wins Doak Walker Award". Fox Sports. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ^ Hightower, Kyle (December 12, 2013). "BC's Andre Williams Wins Doak Walker Award". Associated Press. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ^ Potrykus, Jeff (December 11, 2014). "Melvin Gordon wins Doak Walker Award as top running back". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ^ "Alabama's Derrick Henry wins Doak Walker Award". USA Today. Associated Press. December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ^ Howe, Jeff (December 9, 2016). "Texas RB D'Onta Foreman wins the Doak Walker Award". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
External links
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