Editing Doak Walker (section)

===SMU (1945; 1947–1949)===
Two days after being discharged from the Merchant Marine, Walker appeared in his first college football game for [[Southern Methodist University]].<ref name=BigSpring/> Walker played in five games for the SMU Mustangs in November 1945 and was sufficiently impressive as a [[halfback (American football)|halfback]] and [[placekicker]] as to win All-[[Southwest Conference]] honors and a spot in the annual [[East–West Shrine Game]] in San Francisco.<ref name=Woodward /> In the Shrine game, he threw a tying touchdown pass for the West team.<ref name=Woodward />

Walker did not play [[college football]] in 1946, as he was inducted into the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] in March 1946.<ref name=Woodward /> His stint was brief, playing football for the [[Brooke Army Medical Center|Brooke Medical Center]] service team in [[San Antonio]] before being discharged in January 1947.<ref name=Woodward />

Following his discharge, Walker re-enrolled at SMU and rejoined the Mustangs football team.<ref name=Woodward /> As a sophomore, he led Southern Methodist to a [[1947 SMU Mustangs football team|1947]] SWC championship and was named to a myriad of All-American teams.<ref name=Woodward /> He gained similar All-American honors in [[1948 College Football All-America Team|1948]], and [[1949 College Football All-America Team|1949]]. Walker won the [[Maxwell Award]] as a sophomore in 1947 and the [[Heisman Trophy]] in 1948 as a junior.

During his award-winning [[1948 SMU Mustangs football team|1948 season]], Walker gained 532 yards on the ground, carrying the ball 108 times for a 4.9 yards per carry average.<ref name=Woodward /> He also threw six touchdown passes from the halfback position, going 26-for-46 and gaining 304 yards in the air.<ref name=Woodward /> As a receiver, Walker hauled in 15 passes for 279 yards and 3 touchdowns.<ref name=Woodward /> On the defensive side of the ball, he intercepted three passes.<ref name=Woodward /> He also punted for a 42.1 yard average for the Mustangs, returned punts and kickoffs, and did duty as the SMU placekicker.<ref name=Woodward /> Walker finished the year with 11 touchdowns scored, which combined with his kicking put 88 points on the scoreboard for the year.<ref name=Woodward />

Walker's impact on SMU and football in the Dallas area led to the [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]]'s expansion and nickname: "The House That Doak Built."<ref name=nytobit/> He was also a member of [[Phi Delta Theta]] [[Fraternities and sororities in North America|fraternity]], the men's society [[Cycen Fjodr]],<ref>SMU 1946 Online yearbook http://memories.smu.edu/launch.aspx?eid=b263c230-c3c4-4f8e-aefa-d3aa10e6fadb&pnum=221&skip=true&keywords=doak%20walker%20cycen%20fjodr {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725032304/http://memories.smu.edu/launch.aspx?eid=b263c230-c3c4-4f8e-aefa-d3aa10e6fadb&pnum=221&skip=true&keywords=doak%20walker%20cycen%20fjodr |date=July 25, 2013 }}</ref> and lettered on the SMU [[SMU Mustangs men's basketball|basketball]] and [[SMU Mustangs#Baseball|baseball]] teams.

In 1999, ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' included him on its All-Century Team for college football.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Maisel |first=Ivan |date=August 16, 1999 |title=Team of the Century |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1999/08/16/team-of-the-century |magazine=Sports Illustrated |volume=91 |issue=6}}</ref>