The Doak Walker Award honors the top running back in college football in the United States. Established in 1990, it is named in honor of Doak Walker, a former running back who played for the SMU Mustangs from 1945 to 1949 and in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions from 1950 to 1955. The player is selected by the award's National Selection Committee, which consists of notable sportswriters, television commentators, analysts, radio sports personalities and former All-America and NFL All-Pro football players. Recipients receive a bronze sculpture of Doak Walker, designed by artist Blair Buswell. The most recent winner of the award was Jeremiyah Love of Notre Dame.
Notable accomplishments Wisconsin Badgers running backs won four times in eight years from 2012 to 2019. The Badgers and Texas Longhorns are tied with the most wins with five apiece.
Ricky Williams from Texas (1997, 1998), Darren McFadden from the Arkansas Razorbacks (2006, 2007) and Jonathan Taylor from Wisconsin (2018, 2019) are the only three players to win the award twice.
Winners Made at least one Pro Bowl during NFL career.
Year Winner School Ref. 1990 Washington 1991 Rice 1992 Georgia 1993 Texas Tech 1994 Colorado 1995 Ohio State 1996 Texas Tech (2) 1997 Texas 1998 (2) Texas (2) 1999 Wisconsin 2000 TCU 2001 BYU 2002 Penn State 2003 Michigan 2004 Texas (3) 2005 USC 2006 Arkansas 2007 (2) Arkansas (2) 2008 Iowa 2009 Stanford 2010 Oregon 2011 Alabama 2012 Wisconsin (2) 2013 Boston College 2014 Wisconsin (3) 2015 Alabama (2) 2016 Texas (4) 2017 Stanford (2) 2018 Wisconsin (4) 2019 (2) Wisconsin (5) 2020 Alabama (3) 2021 Michigan State 2022 Texas (5) 2023 Oklahoma State 2024 Boise State 2025 Notre Dame
References General Doak Walker Award Winners. Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 13, 2016. College Football Awards – Doak Walker Award. ESPN.com. Retrieved December 13, 2016. Footnotes
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