CUTrevor
2020-07-15 12:59:27
He should have been a finalist last year! He is 3rd all-time in career yards per carry at 7.8. |
CUTrevor
2020-07-15 13:00:00
DALLAS - The PwC SMU Athletic Forum released today the preseason candidates for the 2020 Doak Walker Award. The Forum annually presents the award to the nation’s top college running back. 2019 Doak Walker Award finalist Chuba Hubbard (Oklahoma State) and 2018 finalist Travis Etienne (Clemson) lead the list of preseason candidates. Last season as a sophomore, Hubbard led the nation in rushing with 2,094 yards. Etienne returns for his senior season as the two-time ACC Player of the Year and Clemson’s all-time leading rusher. Memphis sophomore Kenneth Gainwell joins Etienne and Hubbard as the only returning semifinalists from 2019. University athletic departments nominate candidates for the award and can continue to do so through October. The complete list of candidates is below. Drake Anderson (So.), Northwestern David Bailey (Jr.), Boston College Max Borghi (Jr.), Washington State Rakeem Boyd (Sr.), Arkansas Gary Brightwell (Sr.), Arizona Kennedy Brooks (Jr.), Oklahoma Shamari Brooks (Sr.), Tulsa Christopher Brown, Jr. (Jr.), Cal Journey Brown (Jr.), Penn State Spencer Brown (Sr.), UAB Noah Cain (So.), Penn State Jamale Carothers (Jr.), Navy Stephen Carr (Sr.), USC Michael Carter (Sr.), North Carolina Andrew Clair (Jr.), Bowling Green Elijah Collins (So.), Michigan State James Cook (Jr.), Georgia Jashaun Corbin (So.), Florida State ReMahn Davis (So.), Temple Travis Etienne (Sr.), Clemson Demetric Felton (Sr.), UCLA Alex Fontenot (Jr.), Colorado Kenneth Gainwell (So.), Memphis Tyler Goodson (So.), Iowa Eric Gray (So.), Tennessee Breece Hall (So.), Iowa State Najee Harris (Sr.), Alabama Javian Hawkins (So.), Louisville Justin Henderson (Sr.), Louisiana Tech Kylin Hill (Sr.), Mississippi State George Holani (So.), Boise State Chuba Hubbard (Jr.), Oklahoma State Caleb Huntley (Sr.), Ball State Mohamed Ibrahim (Jr.), Minnesota Keaontay Ingram (Jr.), Texas Deon Jackson (Sr.), Duke Jermar Jefferson (Jr.), Oregon State Josh Johnson (Sr.), ULM Amare Jones (Jr.), Tulane Lopini Katoa (Jr.), BYU Wesley Kennedy III (Sr.), Georgia Southern JD King (Sr.), Georgia Southern Brenden Knox (Jr.), Marshall Bryant Koback (Jr.), Toledo Kobe Lewis (Jr.), Central Michigan Vavae Malepeai (Sr.), USC Kevin Marks (Jr.), Buffalo Jordan Mason (Jr.), Georgia Tech Kevin Mensah (Sr.), Connecticut Dedrick Mills (Sr.), Nebraska Elijah Mitchell (Sr.), Louisiana-Lafayette Marcel Murray (Jr.), Arkansas State Richard Newton (So.), Washington Jaret Patterson (Jr.), Buffalo Trey Ragas (Sr.), Louisiana-Lafayette Miles Reed (Jr.), Hawaii Ronnie Rivers (Sr.), Fresno State Larry Rountree III (Sr.), Missouri Mekhi Sargent (Sr.), Iowa Stevie Scott III (Jr.), Indiana B.J. Smith (Sr.), Troy Isaiah Spiller (So.), Texas A&M SaRodorick Thompson (So.), Texas Tech Toa Taua (Jr.), Nevada Corey Taylor II (Sr.), Tulsa Xazavian Valladay (Jr.), Wyoming CJ Verdell (Jr.), Oregon Quardraiz Wadley (Sr.), UTEP Gaej Walker (Sr.), Western Kentucky Kenneth Walker III (So.), Wake Forest Jaylen Warren (Sr.), Utah State Nakia Watson (So.), Wisconsin Zamir White (So.), Georgia Charles Williams (Sr.), UNLV Javonte Williams (Jr.), North Carolina D.J. Williams (So.), Auburn The PwC SMU Athletic Forum Board of Directors will name ten semifinalists in November, and three finalists, as voted on by the Doak Walker Award National Selection Committee, will be announced in November. The committee will cast a second vote in December to determine the recipient. The National Selection Committee consists of past recipients, former NFL All-Pro and college All-America running backs, media members and selected special representatives. The recipient of the 2020 Doak Walker Award will be announced live on The Home Depot College Football Awards. The award is named for SMU’s three-time All-America running back Doak Walker. It is the only major collegiate award that requires all candidates to be in good academic standing and on schedule to graduate within one year of other students of the same classification. |