Iowa State’s Breece Hall Leads Big 12 on Doak Walker Watch List
West Virginia’s Leddie Brown and Iowa State’s Breece Hall are among the Big 12 running backs on the 2021 Doak Walker Award Watch List, the award given to the nation’s best running back.
The award is named for former SMU running back Doak Walker.
Hall was the first unanimous All-American in Iowa State history after leading the Big 12 in rushing with 1,572 yards and 23 touchdowns. He was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and was the runner-up for the Doak Walker Award. He also finished sixth in Heisman Trophy balloting.
Brown, as a sophomore, made just three starts last year, but played in all 10 West Virginia games. He rusned for 367 yards, which led the team. But Brown is expected to take on a much larger role in the offense in 2021.
Texas back Bijan Robinson is also on the watch list and is getting buzz surrounding a candidacy for the Heisman, as well.
Other Big 12 running backs to make the list include Oklahoma’s Kennedy Brooks, Oklahoma State’s LD Brown, TCU’s Zach Evans, Oklahoma’s Eric Gray, Texas Tech’s SaRodorick Thompson and Kansas State’s Deuce Vaughn.
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2021 Doak Walker Award Watch List
Big 12 Players in Bold
Tyler Allgeier (So.), BYU
Christian Beal-Smith (Jr.), Wake Forest
Ulysses Bentley, IV (So.), SMU
Jalen Berger (Fr.), Wisconsin
Tank Bigsby (So.), Auburn
Darius Boone (Fr.), Eastern Michigan
Max Borghi (Sr.), Washington State
Kennedy Brooks (Jr.), Oklahoma
Shamari Brooks (Sr.), Tulsa
Jarek Broussard (So.), Colorado
Chase Brown (So.), Illinois
LD Brown (Sr.), Oklahoma State
Leddie Brown (Sr.), West Virginia
Noah Cain (Jr.), Penn State
Mulbah Car (Sr.), Houston
Stephen Carr (Sr.), Indiana
Cameron Carroll (So.), Tulane
Ty Chandler (Sr.), North Carolina
Destin Coates (Jr.), Georgia State
James Cook (Sr.), Georgia
Jashaun Corbin (So.), Florida State
ReMahn Davis (Jr.), Vanderbilt
Lyn-J Dixon (Sr.), Clemson
Mataeo Durant (Sr.), Duke
Jerrion Ealy (Jr.), Ole Miss
Zach Evans (So.), TCU
Tayon Fleet-Davis (Sr.), Maryland
Alex Fontenot (Jr.), Colorado
Jahmyr Gibbs (Fr.), Georgia Tech
Tyler Goodson (Jr.), Iowa
Frank Gore, Jr. (So.), Southern Miss
Eric Gray (Jr.), Oklahoma
Breece Hall (Jr.), Iowa State
Kevin Harris (Jr.), South Carolina
Rahjai Harris (So.), East Carolina
George Holani (So.), Boise State
Mohamed Ibrahim (Sr.), Minnesota
Keaontay Ingram (Sr.), USC
Dillon Johnson (So.), Mississippi State
Austin Jones (Jr.), Stanford
JD King (Sr.), Georgia Southern
Zonovan Knight (Jr.), NC State
Bryant Koback (Jr.), Toledo
Keyvone Lee (So.), Penn State
Kobe Lewis (Jr.), Central Michigan
John Lovett (Sr.), Penn State
Vavae Malepeai (Sr.), USC
Joquavious Marks (So.), Mississippi State
Kevin Marks (Sr.), Buffalo
Jordan Mason (Jr.), Georgia Tech
DeWayne McBride (So.), UAB
Sincere McCormick (Jr.), UTSA
Sean McGew (Sr.), Washington
Jalen Mitchell (Fr.), Louisville
Marcel Murray (Jr.), Arkansas State
Lew Nichols (Fr.), Central Michigan
Camerun Peoples (Jr.), Appalachian State
Cam Porter (So.), Northwestern
D’Vonte Price (Sr.), FIU
Deneric Prince (Jr.), Tulsa
Ronnie Rivers (Sr.), Fresno State
Bijan Robinson (So.), Texas
Brian Robinson, Jr. (Sr.), Alabama
Chris Rodriguez, Jr. (Jr.), Kentucky
Jabari Small (So.), Tennessee
Chris Smith (So.), Louisiana
Trelon Smith (Jr.), Arkansas
Isaiah Spiller (Jr.), Texas A&M
Brock Sturges (Jr.), Texas State
SaRodorick Thompson (Jr.), Texas Tech
Lawrance Toafili (Fr.), Florida State
DeaMonte Trayanum (Fr.), Arizona State
Sean Tucker (So.), Syracuse
Calvin Turner, Jr. (Sr.), Hawaii
Xazavian Valladay (Jr.), Wyoming
Deuce Vaughn (So.), Kansas State
Kimani Vidal (Fr.), Troy
Kenneth Walker, III (Jr.), Michigan State
Harrison Waylee (Fr.), Northern Illinois
Rachaad White (Jr.), Arizona State
Zamir White (Jr.), Georgia
Michael Wiley (Jr.), Arizona
Kyren Williams (So.), Notre Dame
Logan Wright (Sr.), Georgia Southern
