Doak Walker Award

Template:Short description Template:Infobox sports award 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. 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Recipients receive a bronze sculpture of Doak Walker, designed by artist Blair Buswell. The most recent winner of the award was Ashton Jeanty of Boise State.

Notable Accomplishments

Wisconsin running backs won four times in eight years from 2012 to 2019. Wisconsin and Texas are tied with the most wins with 5 apiece.<ref name=":0"/>

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

Winners

Made at least one Pro Bowl during NFL career

Year	Winner	School	Ref
1990	Template:Sortname	Washington
1991	Template:Sortname	Rice
1992	Template:Sortname	Georgia
1993	Template:Sortname	Texas Tech
1994	Template:Sortname	Colorado
1995	Template:Sortname	Ohio State
1996	Template:Sortname	Texas Tech (2)
1997	Template:Sortname	Texas
1998		Texas (2)
1999	Template:Sortname	Wisconsin	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2000	Template:Sortname	TCU	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2001	Template:Sortname	BYU
2002	Template:Sortname	Penn State
2003	Template:Sortname	Michigan
2004	Template:Sortname	Texas (3)
2005	Template:Sortname	USC
2006	Template:Sortname	Arkansas	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007		Arkansas (2)
2008	Template:Sortname	Iowa	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2009	Template:Sortname	Stanford	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2010	Template:Sortname	Oregon	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2011	Template:Sortname	Alabama	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2012	Template:Sortname	Wisconsin (2)	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2013	Template:Sortname	Boston College	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2014	Template:Sortname	Wisconsin (3)	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015	Derrick Henry	Alabama (2)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	D'Onta Foreman	Texas (4)	<ref name=":0"/>
2017	Bryce Love	Stanford (2)	<ref name=":0"/>
2018	Jonathan Taylor	Wisconsin (4)	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019		Wisconsin (5)
2020	Najee Harris	Alabama (3)	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2021	Kenneth Walker III	Michigan State
2022	Bijan Robinson	Texas (5)
2023	Ollie Gordon II	Oklahoma State
2024	Ashton Jeanty	Boise State	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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

External links

• Template:Official website

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