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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 former running back who played for the SMU Mustangs from 1945 to 1949 and in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions from 1950 to 1955.
Melvin Gordon III (born April 13, 1993) is an American professional football running back.He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers, earning unanimous All-American honors and winning the Doak Walker Award as the top college running back in 2014.
On December 6, 2012, Ball won the Doak Walker Award, given to the nation's top running back. Ball became the second Badger to win the award. Ron Dayne won the award in 1999. [36] He was named as a Consensus All-American. [37] On January 1, 2013, Ball became the first player in Rose Bowl Game history to score a touchdown in three straight years ...
Here is a list of past winners for the coveted college football award. ... RB Doak Walker (SMU) 1949: TE Leon Hart ... 1999: RB Ron Dayne (Wisconsin) 2000: QB Chris Weinke (Florida State) 2001: ...
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The Doak Walker winner will be announced as part of ESPN's college football awards presentation starting at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Doak Walker Award (1999) Jim Brown Award (1999) AP College Football ... Dayne was the starting running back all four years at Wisconsin and had 1,220 carries during ...
Carter was named to the Doak Walker Award preseason watch list, which was announced by the PwC SMU Athletic Forum Wednesday morning. The award is presented to the nation's top collegiate running ...