Doak Walker Award information

The Doak Walker Award honors the top running back in college football in the United States. Established in 1990, it is named in honor of Doak Walker, a...

Ewell Doak Walker II (January 1, 1927 – September 27, 1998) was an American football halfback and kicker who played with the Detroit Lions of the National...

League (NFL). He played college football at Texas, where he won the Doak Walker Award and was a unanimous All-American in 2022 before being selected by...

football running back for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. He won the 2023 Doak Walker Award after rushing for over 1,600 yards with 20 touchdowns. Gordon grew...

Wisconsin Badgers, earning unanimous All-American honors and winning the Doak Walker Award as the top college running back in 2013. He was selected by the San...

to winning the 2005 Heisman Trophy, Bush also won the 2005 Doak Walker and Walter Camp awards. However, allegations that he received improper benefits were...

December 7, 2006, McFadden became the first sophomore to win the Doak Walker Award, given annually to the nation's top running back. He was also the...

for the Crimson Tide. He was a unanimous All-American and won the Doak Walker Award. Harris was selected in the first round with the 24th overall in the...

three finalists for the 2011 Doak Walker Award joining Oregon's LaMichael James and Alabama's Trent Richardson. The award was given to Alabama's Trent...

Oregon State. In the preseason, Fenwick was named to the Doak Walker Award watch list, which is awarded to the nation's best running back. Fenwick would open...

round of the 2010 NFL Draft. With Stanford in 2009, Gerhart won the Doak Walker Award and was the runner-up for the 2009 Heisman Trophy. He received 1,276...

carries. By the end of the season, he was named on the Doak Walker Award Watch List and the Maxwell Award Watch List. During the 2022 offseason, Ali ran for...

yards per game. Williams won his second straight Doak Walker Award, the Walter Camp Award, the Maxwell Award, the Associated Press College Football Player...

Packers. He played college football for the Texas Longhorns and won the Doak Walker Award in 2004. He was selected by Chicago with the fourth overall pick in...

the Conference USA (C-USA) preseason all-conference team and on the Doak Walker Award preseason watch list. In 2021, McBride rushed 205 times for 1,371...

for a new career high of 203 yards in the 42–14 victory. He won the Doak Walker Award becoming the first player from Alabama to win. He finished third in...

running backs in the nation. Love won the Doak Walker Award as the nation's best running back. He won the Lombardi Award for 2017. He was a unanimous first-team...

third in balloting for the Heisman Trophy that year and received the Doak Walker Award. In 2011, James became Oregon's career rushing leader and rushed for...

Washington in 2015. Brooks was named a semifinalist for the 2023 Doak Walker Award. On December 11, 2023, Brooks announced that he would be returning...

Chiefs. Morris attended Texas Tech University where he won the 1993 Doak Walker Award as the top running back in college football. Among other accomplishments...

Herschel Walker's single-season college rushing yards record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), won the 2015 Heisman Trophy, the Doak Walker Award, the...

Award (inspirational player, team or figure) Doak Walker Award (running back) Eddie Robinson Award (national coach of the year ) George Munger Award (head...

sophomores before later winning the award: Angelo Bertelli, Glenn Davis, Doc Blanchard, Doak Walker, and Herschel Walker. Eight players have finished in the...