Clemson running back Will Shipley named to Doak Walker Award watch list |
DALLAS – The PwC SMU Athletic Forum released today the preseason candidates for the 2022 Doak Walker Award. The Forum annually presents the award to the nation’s top college running back.
The list features Lew Nichols III from Central Michigan who led the nation in rushing last season. Highlighting the list are 2021 Doak Walker Award semifinalists TreVeyon Henderson of Ohio State, Bijan Robinson of Texas, Sean Tucker of Syracuse and Deuce Vaughn of Kansas State. 2020 semifinalist Mohamed Ibrahim is also featured among the list of preseason candidates. University athletic departments nominate candidates for the award and can continue to do so through October. The complete list of candidates is below. Devon Achane (Jr.), Texas A&M Braelon Allen (So.), Wisconsin Rasheen Ali (So.), Marshall Ronald Awaft (Sr.), UTEP Tank Bigsby (Jr.), Auburn Isiaih Bowser (Sr.), UCF British Brooks (Sr.), North Carolina Jarek Broussard (Sr.), Michigan State Antario Brown (So.), Northern Illinois Chase Brown (Jr.), Illinois Jermaine Brown (Jr.), UAB Nate Carter (So.), UCONN Zach Charbonnet (Sr.), UCLA Blake Corum (Jr.), Michigan Travis Dye (Sr.), USC Justice Ellison (So.), Wake Forest Samson Evans (Jr.), Eastern Michigan Deshaun Fenwick (Jr.), Oregon State Alex Fontenot (Sr.), Colorado Pat Garwo (Jr.), Boston College Frank Gore, Jr. (So.), Southern Miss Eric Gray (Sr.), Oklahoma Gerald Green (Jr.), Georgia Southern Tucker Gregg (Sr.), Georgia State Hassan Hall (Sr.), Georgia Tech Deion Hankins (So.), UTEP TreVeyon Henderson (So.), Ohio State George Holani (Jr.), Boise State Evan Hull (Sr.), Northwestern Mohamed Ibrahim (Sr.), Minnesota Dillon Johnson (Jr.), Mississippi State Roschon Johnson (Sr.), Texas Austin Jones (Sr.), USC Johnnie Lang, Jr. (Sr.), Arkansas State Keyvone Lee (So.), Penn State Joquavious Marks (Jr.), Mississippi State DeWayne McBride (Jr.), UAB Chez Mellusi (Sr.), Wisconsin Kendre Miller (Jr.), TCU Jordan Mims (Sr.), Fresno State Keaton Mitchell (So.), East Carolina Damien Moore (Jr.), Cal Devin Neal (So.), Kansas Lew Nichols, III (So.), Central Michigan Nate Noel (So.), App State Nathaniel Peat (Sr.), Missouri Camerun Peoples (Jr.), App State Dominic Richardson (Jr.), Oklahoma State Johnny Richardson (Jr.), UCF Bijan Robinson (Jr.), Texas Raheim Sanders (So.), Arkansas Will Shipley (So.), Clemson Shaun Shivers (Sr.), Indiana Jabari Small (Jr.), Tennessee Chris Smith (Jr.), Louisiana Dontae Smith (Jr.), Georgia Tech E.J. Smith (Jr.), Stanford Tyjae Spears (So.), Tulane Titus Swen (Jr.), Wyoming Tavion Thomas (Jr.), Utah Sean Tucker (So.), Syracuse Calvin Tyler, Jr. (Sr.), Utah State Sean Tyler (Jr.), Western Michigan Chris Tyree (Jr.), Notre Dame Xazavian Valladay (Sr.), Arizona State Deuce Vaughn (Jr.), Kansas State Kimani Vidal (So.), Troy Blake Watson (Jr.), Old Dominion Treshaun Ward (So.), Florida State Harrison Waylee (So.), Northern Illinois Jalen White (Jr.), Georgia Southern Jamyest Williams (Sr.), Georgia State Nay’Quan Wright (Jr.), Florida The PwC SMU Athletic Forum Board of Directors will name ten semifinalists in November, and three finalists, as voted on by the Doak Walker Award National Selection Committee, will be announced in November. The committee will cast a second vote in December to determine the recipient. The National Selection Committee consists of past recipients, former NFL All-Pro and college All-America running backs, media members and selected special representatives. The recipient of the 2022 Doak Walker Award will be announced live on The Home Depot College Football Awards. The award is named for SMU’s three-time All-America running back Doak Walker. It is the only major collegiate award that requires all candidates to be in good academic standing and on schedule to graduate within one year of other students of the same classification.
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