Doak Walker Award
From Varsity Pride
The Doak Walker Award is a college football award given each year to the nation's most outstanding running back as determined by a panel of media members and former winners, as well as a selection of former running backs whose careers predate the award. In order to be eligible for the Doak Walker Award, a candidate must be in good academic standing and on schedule to graduate within five years of matriculation; these requirements make the award unique among individual college football awards.
| 1990 | Greg Lewis | Washington |
| 1991 | Trevor Cobb | Rice |
| 1992 | Garrison Hearst | Georgia |
| 1993 | 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 (2) | Texas |
| 1999 | Ron Dayne | Wisconsin |
| 2000 | LaDanian Tomlinson | Texas Christian |
| 2001 | Luke Staley | Brigham Young |
| 2002 | Larry Johnson | Penn State |
| 2003 | Chris Perry | Michigan |
| 2004 | Cedric Benson | Texas |
| 2005 | Reggie Bush | Southern California |
| 2006 | Darren McFadden | Arkansas |
| 2007 | Darren McFadden (2) | Arkansas |
| 2008 | Shonn Greene | Iowa |
| 2009 | Toby Gerhart | Stanford |
| 2010 | LaMichael James | Oregon |
| 2011 | Trent Richardson | Alabama |
| 2012 | Montee Ball | Wisconsin |
| 2013 | Andre Williams | Boston College |
| 2014 | Melvin Gordon | Wisconsin |
