Laramie, Wyo. (Oct. 28, 2015) — On Wednesday, University of Wyoming sophomore running back Brian Hill was added by the The PwC SMU Athletic Forum to the 2015 Doak Walker Award Watch List. The award is presented annually to the nation’s top college running back.
Hill, who currently ranks No. 4 in the nation in rushing yards with 1,061 yards on the season, joins four other individuals to be added to the 2015 Watch List. The four other players who were added were: Dalvin Cook (So., Florida State), Tyler Ervin (Sr., San Jose State), C.J. Prosise (Sr., Notre Dame) and Mike Warren (Fr., Iowa State).
Hill also joins Cowboy teammate Shaun Wick, who was named to the original Doak Walker Watch List earlier in the year. Wick was injured earlier this season and is still out due to injury.
The PwC SMU Athletic Forum Board of Directors will name ten semifinalists on November 18, and the Doak Walker Award National Selection Committee will cast votes to determine the three finalists, which will be announced on November 24. The committee will cast a second vote beginning November 30 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 2015 Doak Walker Award will be announced live on The Home Depot College Football Awards on Thursday, December 10, on ESPN. The Doak Walker Award Presentation Banquet will be held in Dallas on February 19, 2016.
The award, which will name its 26th recipient in 2015, 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.
2015 DOAK WALKER AWARD WATCH LIST
- Leon Allen (Sr.), Western Kentucky
- Devontae Booker (Sr.), Utah
- Matt Breida (Jr.), Georgia Southern
- Brandon Burks (Sr.), Troy
- Jordan Canzeri (Sr.), Iowa
- Tra Carson (Sr.), Texas A&M
- Nick Chubb (So.), Georgia
- Corey Clement (Jr.), Wisconsin
- Alex Collins (Jr.), Arkansas
- James Conner (Jr.), Pittsburgh
- Dalvin Cook (So.), Florida State
- Marcus Cox (Jr.), Appalachian State
- Justin Davis (Jr.), USC
- Matt Dayes (Jr.), North Carolina State
- Kenneth Dixon (Sr.), Louisiana Tech
- Ezekiel Elliott (Jr.), Ohio State
- Tyler Ervin (Sr.), San Jose State
- Kenneth Farrow (Sr.), Houston
- Josh Ferguson (Sr.), Illinois
- Tarean Folston (Jr.), Notre Dame
- Leonard Fournette (So.), LSU
- Jarvion Franklin (So.), Western Michigan
- Royce Freeman (So.), Oregon
- Wayne Gallman (So.), Clemson
- Michael Gordon (Sr.), Arkansas State
- Johnathan Gray (Sr.), Texas
- Aaron Green (Sr.), TCU
- Travis Greene (Sr.), Bowling Green
- Russell Hansbrough (Sr.), Missouri
- Derrick Henry (Jr.), Alabama
- Brian Hill (So.), Wyoming
- Jon Hilliman (So.), Boston College
- Jordan Howard (Jr.), Indiana
- Kareem Hunt (Jr.), Toledo
- LaJuan Hunt (So.), Utah State
- Darius Jackson (Sr.), Eastern Michigan
- Don Jackson (Sr.), Nevada
- Justin Jackson (So.), Northwestern
- Paul James (Sr.), Rutgers
- Devon Johnson (Sr.), Marshall
- Aaron Jones (Jr.), UTEP
- Daniel Lasco (Sr.), California
- Ray Lawry (So.), Old Dominion
- Shock Linwood (Jr.), Baylor
- Robert Lowe (Sr.), Texas State
- Akeel Lynch (Jr.), Penn State
- Marlon Mack (So.), South Florida
- Tre Madden (Sr.), USC
- Christian McCaffrey (So.), Stanford
- Elijah McGuire (Jr.), Louisiana-Lafayette
- Samaje Perine (So.), Oklahoma
- Paul Perkins (Jr.), UCLA
- Christian Powell (Sr.), Colorado
- Shaquille Powell (Sr.), Duke
- C.J. Prosise (Sr.), Notre Dame
- Donnel Pumphrey (Jr.), San Diego State
- Demario Richard (So.), Arizona State
- Ashton Shumpert (Jr.), Mississippi State
- William Stanback (Jr.), UCF
- Chris Swain (Sr.), Navy
- Anthone Taylor (Sr.), Buffalo
- Jahad Thomas (Jr.), Temple
- Shane Tucker (Jr.), Middle Tennessee
- Thomas Tyner (Jr.), Oregon
- Marteze Waller (Sr.), Fresno State
- Mike Warren (Fr.), Iowa State
- DeAndre Washington (Sr.), Texas Tech
- Dwayne Washington (Jr.), Washington
- Ralph Webb (So.), Vanderbilt
- Shaun Wick (Sr.), Wyoming
- Brandon Wilds (Sr.), South Carolina
- Jamaal Williams (Sr.), BYU
- Jonathan Williams (Sr.), Arkansas
- Nick Wilson (So.), Arizona