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Doak Walker Award

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American college football award
Doak Walker Award
The Doak Walker Award, designed by artistBlair Buswell
Awarded forThe nation's topcollege footballrunning back
CountryUnited States
Presented bySMU
History
First award1990
Most recentAshton Jeanty,Boise State
Websitewww.smu.edu/DoakWalkerAward

TheDoak Walker Award honors the toprunning back incollege football in the United States. Established in 1990, it is named in honor ofDoak Walker, a former running back who played for theSMU Mustangs from 1945 to 1949 and in theNational Football League (NFL) for theDetroit Lions from 1950 to 1955. The player is selected by the award's National Selection Committee, which consists of notable sportswriters, television commentators, analysts, radio sports personalities and former All-America and NFL All-Pro football players.[1] Recipients receive a bronze sculpture of Doak Walker, designed by artistBlair Buswell. The most recent winner of the award wasAshton Jeanty of Boise State.

Notable Accomplishments

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Wisconsin running backs won four times in eight years from 2012 to 2019. Wisconsin andTexas are tied with the most wins with 5 apiece.[2]

Ricky Williams (Texas – 1997, 1998),Darren McFadden (Arkansas – 2006, 2007) andJonathan Taylor (Wisconsin – 2018, 2019) are the only three players to win the award more than once.

Winners

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Made at least onePro Bowl during NFL career
YearWinnerSchoolRef
1990Greg LewisWashington
1991Trevor CobbRice
1992Garrison HearstGeorgia
1993Byron "Bam" MorrisTexas Tech
1994Rashaan SalaamColorado
1995Eddie GeorgeOhio State
1996Byron HanspardTexas Tech (2)
1997Ricky WilliamsTexas
1998Texas (2)
1999Ron DayneWisconsin[3]
2000LaDainian TomlinsonTCU[4]
2001Luke StaleyBYU
2002Larry JohnsonPenn State
2003Chris PerryMichigan
2004Cedric BensonTexas (3)
2005Reggie BushUSC
2006Darren McFaddenArkansas[5]
2007Arkansas (2)
2008Shonn GreeneIowa[6]
2009Toby GerhartStanford[7]
2010LaMichael JamesOregon[8]
2011Trent RichardsonAlabama[9]
2012Montee BallWisconsin (2)[10]
2013Andre WilliamsBoston College[11]
2014Melvin GordonWisconsin (3)[12]
2015Derrick HenryAlabama (2)[2]
2016D'Onta ForemanTexas (4)[2]
2017Bryce LoveStanford (2)[2]
2018Jonathan TaylorWisconsin (4)[13]
2019Wisconsin (5)
2020Najee HarrisAlabama (3)[14]
2021Kenneth Walker IIIMichigan State
2022Bijan RobinsonTexas (5)
2023Ollie Gordon IIOklahoma State
2024Ashton JeantyBoise State[15]

References

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General
Footnotes
  1. ^"Selection Committee - SMU".
  2. ^abcdGalloway, Jason (7 December 2018)."Badgers running back Jonathan Taylor becomes 4th Wisconsin player to win Doak Walker Award".madison.com. Retrieved2018-12-07.
  3. ^"Dayne Wins Walker, Maxwell".CBS News. December 9, 1999. RetrievedJuly 24, 2021.
  4. ^"TCU's LaDainian Tomlinson Named Winner of the 2000 Doak Walker Award Presented by Vectrix".Texas Christian University Athletics. December 9, 2000. RetrievedJuly 24, 2021.
  5. ^"Tebow takes Maxwell, O'Brien; McFadden wins Walker".ESPN.com. December 7, 2007. RetrievedJanuary 25, 2024.
  6. ^Rittenberg, Adam (December 11, 2008)."Iowa's Greene wins Doak Walker Award".ESPN.com. RetrievedJanuary 25, 2024.
  7. ^"Stanford's Toby Gerhart wins Doak Walker Award".The Mercury News. December 10, 2009. RetrievedDecember 13, 2016.
  8. ^"Oregon RB LaMichael James wins Doak Walker Award".San Diego Union-Tribune. Associated Press. December 9, 2010. RetrievedJanuary 25, 2024.
  9. ^"Alabama's Trent Richardson wins Doak Walker Award".ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 8, 2011. RetrievedJanuary 25, 2024.
  10. ^Temple, Jesse (December 6, 2012)."Wisconsin's Ball wins Doak Walker Award".Fox Sports. RetrievedDecember 13, 2016.
  11. ^Hightower, Kyle (December 12, 2013)."BC's Andre Williams Wins Doak Walker Award". Associated Press. RetrievedDecember 13, 2016.
  12. ^Potrykus, Jeff (December 11, 2014)."Melvin Gordon wins Doak Walker Award as top running back".Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. RetrievedDecember 13, 2016.
  13. ^Zucker, Joseph (December 12, 2019)."Wisconsin's Jonathan Taylor Wins 2019 Doak Walker Award as Nation's Best RB".Bleacher Report.
  14. ^Martin, Tyler (January 7, 2021)."Alabama RB Najee Harris Wins 2020 Doak Walker Award".Sports Illustrated.
  15. ^"Boise State's Jeanty wins Doak Walker Award, first Group of 5 player since 2001". 12 December 2024.

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