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Doak Walker Award

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Country
  
United States

First awarded
  
1990

Presented by
  
SMU

Currently held by
  
D'Onta Foreman, Texas

Doak Walker Award

Awarded for
  
The nation's top college football running back

Official website
  
http://smu.edu/doakwalker/

The Doak Walker Award, first awarded in 1990, honors the top running back in college football in the United States. It is named in honor of Doak Walker, a star halfback in college for the SMU Mustangs and in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions. The 2016 winner of the Doak Walker Award was D'Onta Foreman of Texas. 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.

    References

    Doak Walker Award Wikipedia
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