Named after the SMU and Detroit Lions football player Doak Walker, the Doak Walker Award, first awarded in 1990, honors the nation's top college football running back. This award is unique among college football awards in that it 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 J. Blair Buswell of Provo, Utah, a former running back at Brigham Young University who has sculpted the busts of more than a dozen inductees in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Previous 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

External links

1. Official Website