Doak Walker Award

Presented to the nation's premier running back by the PwC SMU Athletic Forum

Boise State's Ashton Jeanty, 2024 Doak Walker Award winner

2025 Preseason Watch List

  • Sedrick Alexander (Jr.), Vanderbilt
  • Kaytron Allen (Sr.), Penn State
  • Jo'Shon Barbie (Jr.), Marshall
  • Jadan Baugh (So.), Florida
  • CJ Baxter (So.), Texas
  • Jalen Berger (Sr.), UCLA
  • DeSean Bishop (So.), Tennessee
  • Davon Booth (Grad), Mississippi State
  • Fluff Bothwell (So.), Mississippi State
  • Alex Broome (Jr.), Boston College
  • Isaac Brown (So.), Louisville
  • Xavier Brown (Jr.), Virginia
  • Demond Claiborne (Sr.), Wake Forest
  • Jonah Coleman (Sr.), Washington
  • Cam Cook (Jr.), Jacksonville State
  • Ja'Quez Cross (Sr.), Arkansas State
  • Bill Davis (So.), Louisiana
  • Greg Desrosiers Jr. (Sr.), Memphis
  • C.J. Donaldson (Sr.), Ohio State
  • Bryson Donelson (So.), Fresno State
  • Jay Ducker (Sr.), Temple
  • Cam Edwards (Jr.), UConn
  • Dylan Edwards (Jr.), Kansas State
  • Kaden Feagin (Jr.), Illinois
  • Nate Frazier (So.), Georgia
  • Sire Gaines (Fr.), Boise State
  • Davion Gause (So.), North Carolina
  • Julian Gray (Sr.), Liberty
  • Marlon Gunn Jr. (Sr.), East Carolina
  • Anthony Hankerson (Sr.), Oregon State
  • Carson Hanson (Jr.), Iowa State
  • Ahmad Hardy (So.), Missouri
  • George Hart III (Sr.), WKU
  • Dallan Hayden (Jr.), Colorado
  • Justice Haynes (Jr.), Michigan
  • Jamal Haynes (Sr.), Georgia Tech
  • Eli Heidenreich (Sr.), Navy
  • Roman Hemby (Sr.), Indiana
  • Robert Henry Jr. (Sr.), UTSA
  • Daniel Hishaw Jr. (Jr.), Kansas
  • Makhi Hughes (Jr.), Oregon
  • Sedrick Irvin (Jr.), Stanford
  • Bryan Jackson (So.), USC
  • Parker Jenkins (Jr.), East Carolina
  • Emmett Johnson (Jr.), Nebraska
  • Waymond Jordan (Jr.), USC
  • Quinten Joyner (So.), Texas Tech
  • Aidan Laughery (So.), Illinois
  • Jeremiyah Love (Jr.), Notre Dame
  • Jordan Marshall (So.), Michigan
  • Justin Marshall (So.), Colorado State
  • LJ Martin (Jr.), BYU
  • Tony Mathis Jr. (Sr.), Marshall
  • Josh McCray (Sr.), Georgia
  • Jordan McDonald (Sr.), Boston College
  • Derrick McFall (Fr.), SMU
  • Makenzie McGill II (So.), North Texas
  • Jam Miller (Sr.), Alabama
  • Devin Mockobee (Jr.), Purdue
  • London Montgomery (So.), East Carolina
  • Myles Montgomery (Sr.), UCF
  • Jaquez Moore (Sr.), Duke
  • Le'Veon Moss (Jr.), Texas A&M
  • Kamari Moulton (So.), Iowa
  • Jaden Nixon (Sr.), UCF
  • Will Nixon (Sr.), Syracuse
  • Cartevious Norton (Sr.), South Florida
  • Jaydn Ott (Sr.), Oklahoma
  • Rueben Owens II (So.), Texas A&M
  • Lincoln Pare (Sr.), Texas State
  • Wayshawn Parker (So.), Utah
  • Zylan Perry (Jr.), Louisiana
  • Jadarian Price (Jr.), Notre Dame
  • Evan Pryor (Sr.), Cincinnati
  • Nolan Ray (So.), Maryland
  • Desmond Reid (Sr.), Pitt
  • Jamal Roberts (So.), Missouri
  • Braylen Russell (So.), Arkansas
  • Abu Sama III (Jr.), Iowa State
  • Eli Sanders (Sr.), USC
  • Gavin Sawchuk (Jr.), Florida State
  • Jo Silver (Sr.), Delaware
  • Nicholas Singleton (Jr.), Penn State
  • Joquez Smith (Fr.), Temple
  • Sutton Smith (Jr.), Memphis
  • Hollywood Smothers (So.), N.C. State
  • Terion Stewart (Grad), Virginia Tech
  • Darius Taylor (Jr.), Minnesota
  • Alex Tecza (Sr.), Navy
  • Star Thomas (Sr.), Tennessee
  • Jai'Den Thomas (So.), UNLV
  • Jaivian Thomas (Jr.), UCLA
  • A.J. Turner (Jr.), Minnesota
  • Tawee Walker (Sr.), Cincinnati
  • Bryson Washington (So.), Baylor
  • Duke Watson (So.), Louisville
  • Micah Welch (So.), Colorado
  • Jahiem White (So.), West Virginia
  • Noah Whittington (Sr.), Oregon
  • Aneyas Williams (So.), Notre Dame
  • Leshon Williams (Sr.), Kansas
  • Yasin Willis (So.), Syracuse
  • Terrez Worthy (Sr.), Temple

Named For

Doak Walker, the 1948 Heisman Trophy winner and three-time All-American from SMU.

2024 Recipient

Ashton Jeanty, Boise State

2025 Dates

Watch List: Tuesday, August 5

Contact

Jeff Lockhart
lockhart@smu.edu
214-282-7847

P.O. Box 750460
Dallas, TX 75275-0460