Doak Walker Watch List & CFN Ranking

The prestigious Doak Walker Award was created in 1989 to recognize the nation's premier running back for his accomplishments on the field, achievement in the classroom and citizenship in the community.

The 2009 Doak Walker Preseason Watch List Armando Allen (Jr.), Notre Dame André Anderson (Sr.), Tulane Reggie Arnold (Sr.), Arkansas State Baron Batch (Jr.), Texas Tech Jahvid Best (Jr.), California LeGarrette Blount (Sr.), Oregon Chris Brown (Sr.), Oklahoma Donald Buckram (Jr.), UTEP John Clay (So.), Wisconsin DaJuane Collins (Sr.), Toledo Jeff Demps (So.), Florida Noel Devine (Jr.), West Virginia Andre Dixon (Sr.), Connecticut Shaun Draughn (Jr.), North Carolina Jonathan Dwyer (Jr.), Georgia Tech Jamelle Eugene (Sr.), NC State Darren Evans (So.), Virginia Tech Damion Fletcher (Sr.), Southern Miss Toby Gerhart (Sr.), Stanford Cyrus Gray (So.), Texas A&M Nicolas Grigsby (Jr.), Arizona DuJuan Harris (Jr.), Troy Roy Helu, Jr. (Jr.), Nebraska Dan Herron (So.), Ohio State Kendall Hunter (Jr.), Oklahoma State Mark Ingram (So.), Alabama Eugene Jarvis (Sr.), Kent State MiQuale Lewis (Sr.), Ball State Darius Marshall (Jr.), Marshall Brandon Minor (Sr.), Michigan DeMarco Murray (Jr.), Oklahoma Daniel Porter (Sr.), Louisiana Tech Jacquizz Rodgers (So.), Oregon State Charles Scott (Sr.), LSU Da’Rel Scott (Jr.), Maryland Jake Sharp (Sr.), Kansas Michael Smith (Sr.), Arkansas C.J. Spiller (Sr.), Clemson James Starks (Sr.), Buffalo Curtis Steele (Sr.), Memphis Phillip Tanner (Sr.), Middle Tennessee Vai Taua (Jr.), Nevada Jordan Todman (So.), Connecticut Joseph Turner (Sr.), TCU Brandon West (Sr.), Western Michigan Biggest Snubs ... Victor Anderson, Louisville; Bryce Beall, Houston; Anthony Dixon, Miss St; Ryan Mathews, Fresno St; Evan Royster, Penn St; Derrick Washington, Missouri

CFN's Ranking Of The Watch List 1. Jahvid Best (Jr.), California 2. C.J. Spiller (Sr.), Clemson 3. Jonathan Dwyer (Jr.), Georgia Tech 4. Kendall Hunter (Jr.), Oklahoma State 5. LeGarrette Blount (Sr.), Oregon 6. Jacquizz Rodgers (So.), Oregon State 7. MiQuale Lewis (Sr.), Ball State 8. Damion Fletcher (Sr.), Southern Miss 9. John Clay (So.), Wisconsin 10. Noel Devine (Jr.), West Virginia 11. James Starks (Sr.), Buffalo 12. Eugene Jarvis (Sr.), Kent State 13. Charles Scott (Sr.), LSU 14. Reggie Arnold (Sr.), Arkansas State 15. Michael Smith (Sr.), Arkansas 16. DeMarco Murray (Jr.), Oklahoma 17. Toby Gerhart (Sr.), Stanford 18. Chris Brown (Sr.), Oklahoma 19. Da’Rel Scott (Jr.), Maryland 20. Darius Marshall (Jr.), Marshall 21. Brandon Minor (Sr.), Michigan 22. Mark Ingram (So.), Alabama 23. Vai Taua (Jr.), Nevada 24. Curtis Steele (Sr.), Memphis 25. Jamelle Eugene (Sr.), NC State 26. Andre Dixon (Sr.), Connecticut 27. Shaun Draughn (Jr.), North Carolina 28. DaJuane Collins (Sr.), Toledo 29. Daniel Porter (Sr.), Louisiana Tech 30. Jeff Demps (So.), Florida 31. André Anderson (Sr.), Tulane 32. Brandon West (Sr.), Western Michigan 33. Dan Herron (So.), Ohio State 34. Roy Helu, Jr. (Jr.), Nebraska 35. Jordan Todman (So.), Connecticut 36. Nicolas Grigsby (Jr.), Arizona 37. DuJuan Harris (Jr.), Troy 38. Jake Sharp (Sr.), Kansas 39. Armando Allen (Jr.), Notre Dame 40. Joseph Turner (Sr.), TCU 41. Cyrus Gray (So.), Texas A&M 42. Donald Buckram (Jr.), UTEP 43. Phillip Tanner (Sr.), Middle Tennessee 44. Baron Batch (Jr.), Texas Tech* 45. Darren Evans (So.), Virginia Tech** *Batch is injured and out for at least the first month of the year. **Evans is out for the year with a torn ACL.

Doak Walker Award Winners

2008	Shonn Greene, Iowa
2007	Darren McFadden, Arkansas
2006	Darren McFadden, Arkansas
2005	Reggie Bush, USC
2004	Cedric Benson, Texas
2003	Chris Perry, Michigan
2002	Larry Johnson, Penn State
2001	Luke Staley, BYU
2000	LaDainian Tomlinson, TCU
1999	Ron Dayne, Wisconsin
1998	Ricky Williams, Texas
1997	Ricky Williams, Texas
1996	Byron Hanspard, Texas Tech
1995	Eddie George, Ohio State
1994	Rashaan Salaam, Colorado
1993	Byron Morris, Texas Tech
1992	Garrison Hearst, Georgia
1991	Trevor Cobb, Rice
1990	Greg Lewis, Washington