- Doak Walker Award
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Doak Walker Award Awarded for the nation's top college football running back Presented by SMU Country United States First awarded 1990 Currently held by LaMichael James Official website http://smu.edu/doakwalker/ The Doak Walker Award, first awarded in 1990, honors the United States's top college football running back. It is named after the Southern Methodist and Detroit Lions football player Doak Walker. The current holder of the Doak Walker Award is LaMichael James of Oregon.
The award requires all candidates to be:
- in good academic standing, and
- on schedule to graduate within one year of students in their eligibility classification.
The award recipient receives a sculpture of Doak Walker, cast in bronze and mounted on a wooden base. It was created by artist Blair Buswell, who has sculpted the busts of more than a dozen inductees in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Winners
Year Winner School 1990 Greg Lewis Washington 1991 Trevor Cobb Rice 1992 Garrison Hearst Georgia 1993 Byron "Bam" Morris Texas Tech 1994 Rashaan Salaam Colorado 1995 Eddie George Ohio State 1996 Byron Hanspard Texas Tech 1997 Ricky Williams Texas 1998 Ricky Williams Texas 1999 Ron Dayne Wisconsin 2000 LaDainian Tomlinson TCU 2001 Luke Staley BYU 2002 Larry Johnson Penn State 2003 Chris Perry Michigan 2004 Cedric Benson Texas 2005 Reggie Bush USC 2006 Darren McFadden Arkansas 2007 Darren McFadden Arkansas 2008 Shonn Greene Iowa 2009 Toby Gerhart Stanford 2010 LaMichael James Oregon Trophies won by school
School Winners Texas 3 Arkansas 2 Texas Tech 2 BYU 1 Colorado 1 Georgia 1 Iowa 1 Michigan 1 Ohio State 1 Oregon 1 Penn State 1 Rice 1 Stanford 1 TCU 1 USC 1 Washington 1 Wisconsin 1 External links
Doak Walker Award winners 1990: Lewis | 1991: Cobb | 1992: Hearst | 1993: Morris | 1994: Salaam | 1995: George | 1996: Hanspard | 1997: Williams | 1998: Williams | 1999: Dayne | 2000: Tomlinson | 2001: Staley | 2002: Johnson | 2003: Perry | 2004: Benson | 2005: Bush | 2006: McFadden | 2007: McFadden | 2008: Greene | 2009: Gerhart | 2010: James
College football awards Overall trophies Overall media awards AP Player of the Year (1998) • SN Player of the Year (1942)Positional awards Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Defenseman) • Chuck Bednarik Award (Defenseman) • Dave Rimington Trophy (Center) • Davey O'Brien Award (Quarterback) • Dick Butkus Award (Linebacker) • Doak Walker Award (Running back) • Fred Biletnikoff Award (Wide receiver) • Jim Thorpe Award (Defensive back) • John Mackey Award (Tight end) • Lombardi Award (Lineman/linebacker) • Lott Trophy (Defenseman) • Lou Groza Award (Placekicker) • Manning Award (Quarterback) • Outland Trophy (Interior lineman) • Ray Guy Award (Punter) • Ted Hendricks Award (Defensive end)Other national player awards Chic Harley Award (Best player) • Archie Griffin Award (Best player) • Bill Willis Trophy (Defensive lineman) • Jack Lambert Trophy (Linebacker) • Jack Tatum Trophy (Defensive back) • Jim Brown Trophy (Running back) • Jim Parker Trophy (Offensive lineman) • Paul Hornung Award (Most versatile) • Sammy Baugh Trophy (Quarterback) • Paul Warfield Trophy (Wide receiver) • Johnny Unitas Award (Senior quarterback)All-Americans Head coaching awards AFCA Coach of the Year (1935) • Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1957) • SN Coach of the Year (1963) • Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1967) • Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year (1976) • Woody Hayes Trophy (1977) • Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (1986) • Home Depot Coach of the Year (1994) • AP Coach of the Year (1998) • Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award (2006) • Bobby Bowden Coach of the Year Award (2009) • Joseph V. Paterno Award (2010) (formerly the George Munger Award (1989))Assistant coaching awards Broyles Award (Assistant Coach of the Year) • AFCA Assistant Coach of the YearConference awards ACC awards • Big 12 awards • Big East awards • Big Ten awards (MVP) • MAC awards • Pac-12 awards • SEC awards • Defunct: SWC awardsDivision I FCS awards Walter Payton Award (Div. I FCS offensive player) • Buck Buchanan Award (Div. I FCS defenseman) • Jerry Rice Award (Div. I FCS freshman) • Eddie Robinson Award (Div. I FCS coach)Other divisions/associations Harlon Hill Trophy (Div. II) • Gagliardi Trophy (Div. III) • Melberger Award (Div. III) • Rawlings Award (NAIA)Academic, inspirational,
and versatility awardsAcademic All-America of the Year (Student-athlete) • Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award • William V. Campbell Trophy (Student-athlete) • Wuerffel Trophy (Humanitarian-athlete) • Lowe's Senior CLASS Award (Student-athlete) • Burlsworth Trophy (Walk-on) • Rudy Award (inspirational/motivational)Service awards Regional awards Nils V. "Swede" Nelson Award (New England Sportsmanship)Halls of fame Categories:- College football awards
- Awards established in 1990
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