Doak Walker Award

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 2019 winner of the Doak Walker Award was Jonathan Taylor of Wisconsin. A Badgers running back has won it four times in the last eight years, and no school has won more Doak Walker Awards than Wisconsin (5).[1] Taylor is one of only three players to win the award more than once, with the others being Ricky Williams of Texas (1997, 1998), and Darren McFadden of Arkansas (2006, 2007).

Doak Walker Award
Given forThe nation's top college football running back
CountryUnited States
Presented bySMU
History
First award1990
Most recentJonathan Taylor, Wisconsin
Websitehttp://smu.edu/doakwalker/

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
YearWinnerSchoolRef
1990Greg LewisWashington
1991Trevor CobbRice
1992Garrison HearstGeorgia
1993Byron "Bam" MorrisTexas Tech
1994Rashaan SalaamColorado
1995Eddie GeorgeOhio State
1996Byron HanspardTexas Tech (2)
1997Ricky WilliamsTexas
1998Ricky Williams (2)Texas (2)
1999Ron DayneWisconsin
2000LaDainian TomlinsonTCU
2001Luke StaleyBYU
2002Larry JohnsonPenn State
2003Chris PerryMichigan
2004Cedric BensonTexas (3)
2005Reggie BushUSC
2006Darren McFaddenArkansas
2007Darren McFadden (2)Arkansas (2)[2]
2008Shonn GreeneIowa[3]
2009Toby GerhartStanford[4]
2010LaMichael JamesOregon[5]
2011Trent RichardsonAlabama[6]
2012Montee BallWisconsin (2)[7]
2013Andre WilliamsBoston College[8]
2014Melvin GordonWisconsin (3)[9]
2015Derrick Henry Alabama (2) [1]
2016D'Onta Foreman Texas (4) [1]
2017Bryce Love Stanford (2) [1]
2018 Jonathan Taylor Wisconsin (4) [1]
2019 Jonathan Taylor (2)Wisconsin (5)[10]

References
General
Footnotes
  1. Journal, Jason Galloway | Wisconsin State. "Badgers running back Jonathan Taylor becomes 4th Wisconsin player to win Doak Walker Award". madison.com. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  2. "Tebow takes Maxwell, O'Brien; McFadden wins Walker". ESPN.com. December 7, 2007. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  3. Rittenberg, Adam (December 11, 2008). "Iowa's Greene wins Doak Walker Award". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  4. "Stanford's Toby Gerhart wins Doak Walker Award". The Mercury News. December 10, 2009. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  5. "Oregon RB LaMichael James wins Doak Walker Award". San Diego Union-Tribune. Associated Press. December 9, 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  6. "Alabama's Trent Richardson wins Doak Walker Award". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 8, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  7. Temple, Jesse (December 6, 2012). "Wisconsin's Ball wins Doak Walker Award". Fox Sports. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  8. Hightower, Kyle (December 12, 2013). "BC's Andre Williams Wins Doak Walker Award". Associated Press. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  9. Potrykus, Jeff (December 11, 2014). "Melvin Gordon wins Doak Walker Award as top running back". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  10. Zucker, Joseph (December 12, 2019). "Wisconsin's Jonathan Taylor Wins 2019 Doak Walker Award as Nation's Best RB". Bleacher Report.
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