2014 Doak Walker Award watch list released
Another day, another preseason award watch list is released. On Thursday it was the Doak Walker Award’s turn to release its preseason watch list and 53 players are on the radar entering the 2014 college football season.
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The award has been handed out annually since 1989 and honors the best running back in the country. Last season it was senior Andre Williams and his near 2,000-yard season that won him the award.
None of the three finalists from last season return for 2014, as Ka’Deem Carey, Bishop Sankey and Williams are all off to the NFL.
This season, semifinalists like Ameer Abdullah (Nebraska), Melvin Gordon (Wisconsin) and Mike Davis (South Carolina) return. So do big names like Todd Gurley (Georgia), Duke Johnson (Miami) and T.J. Yeldon.
Needless to say, this could be the most loaded and difficult award to hand out come the end of the season, given the talent and depth at running back around college football.
The award watch list will be cut down on Nov. 18 (Semifinalists) and Nov. 24 (Finalists) before the award is announced at the Home Depot College Football Award show on Dec. 11 on ESPN.
Full Doak Walker Award Watch List:
Ameer Abdullah (Sr.), Nebraska
Jay Ajayi (Jr.), Boise State
Javorius “Buck” Allen (Jr.), USC
Leon Allen (Jr.), Western Kentucky
Terry Baggett (Sr.), Army
Bill Belton (Sr.), Penn State
Malcolm Brown (Sr.), Texas
Tra Carson (Jr.), Texas A&M
B.J. Catalon (Jr.), TCU
David Cobb (Sr.), Minnesota
Tevin Coleman (Jr.), Indiana
Alex Collins (So.), Arkansas
James Conner (So.), Pittsburgh
Marcus Cox (So.), Appalachian State
Mike Davis (Jr.), South Carolina
Kenneth Dixon (Jr.), Louisiana Tech
Jahwan Edwards (Sr.), Ball State
Kenneth Farrow (Jr.), Houston
Josh Ferguson (Jr.), Illinois
D.J. Foster (Jr.), Arizona State
Melvin Gordon (Jr.), Wisconsin
Michael Gordon (Jr.), Arkansas State
Johnathan Gray (Jr.), Texas
Todd Gurley (Jr.), Georgia
Kenneth Harper (Sr.), Temple
Alonzo Harris (Sr.), Louisiana-Lafayette
Derrick Henry (So.), Alabama
Bronson Hill (Sr.), Eastern Michigan
Joe Hill (Sr.), Utah State
Duke Johnson (Jr.), Miami
Jeremy Langford (Sr.), Michigan State
Daniel Lasco (Jr.), California
Shock Linwood (So.), Baylor
Robert Lowe (Jr.), Texas State
Tre Madden (Jr.), USC
Terrence Magee (Sr.), LSU
Raymond Maples (Sr.), Army
Byron Marshall (Jr.), Oregon
Kevin Parks (Sr.), Virginia
Christian Powell (Jr.), Colorado
Donnel Pumphrey (So.), San Diego State
Josh Robinson (Jr.), Mississippi State
William Stanback (So.), UCF
Cameron Stingily (Sr.), Northern Illinois
Kelvin Taylor (So.), Florida
Thomas Tyner (So.), Oregon
Jamaal Williams (Jr.), BYU
Jonathan Williams (Jr.), Arkansas
Trey Williams (Jr.), Texas A&M
Aaron Wimberly (Sr.), Iowa State
T.J. Yeldon (Jr.), Alabama
Kelsey Young (Sr.), Stanford
Zach Zwinak (Sr.), Penn State