Award:
The Doak Walker Awarded made its debut in 1990, honoring college football’s top running back. The award is named after former SMU running back Doak Walker.
Year | Player | College |
---|---|---|
1990 | Greg Lewis | Washington |
1991 | Trevor Cobb | Rice |
1992 | Garrison Hearst | Georgia |
1993 | Byron 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 |
2011 | Trent Richardson | Alabama |
2012 | Montee Ball | Wisconsin |
2013 | Andre Williams | Boston College |
2014 | Melvin Gordon | Wisconsin |
2015 | Derrick Henry | Alabama |
2016 | D'Onta Foreman | Texas |
2017 | Bryce Love | Stanford |
2018 | Jonathan Taylor | Wisconsin |
2019 | Jonathan Taylor | Wisconsin |
2020 | Najee Harris | Alabama |
2021 | Kenneth Walker III | Michigan State |
Doak Walker Award Winners by School
College | Winners |
---|---|
Wisconsin | 5 |
Texas | 4 |
Alabama | 3 |
Arkansas | 2 |
Stanford | 2 |
Texas Tech | 2 |
Boston College | 1 |
BYU | 1 |
Colorado | 1 |
Georgia | 1 |
Iowa | 1 |
Michigan | 1 |
Michigan State | 1 |
Ohio State | 1 |
Oregon | 1 |
Penn State | 1 |
Rice | 1 |
TCU | 1 |
USC | 1 |
Washington | 1 |
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