Lucky Selected as Doak Walker Award Candidate

[Husker_Power]

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Nebraska junior running back Marlon Lucky was named a preseason candidate for the 2007 Doak Walker Award on Tuesday, Aug. 28. The award is presented annually to the nation’s top college running back and Lucky is one of 51 players named to the list.

Joining Lucky are six additional Big 12 running backs, including Hugh Charles (Colorado), Jamaal Charles (Texas), Mike Goodson (Texas A&M), Jorvorskie Lane (Texas A&M), Shannon Woods (Texas Tech) and Albert Young (Iowa State).

The award is named after Doak Walker, a three-time All-American at SMU and is in its 18th year. Semifinalists for the award will be announced on Nov. 12 and finalists on Nov. 19, before the winner is revealed live on ESPN at The Home Depot College Football Awards on Dec. 6.

2007 Doak Walker Candidates

Tarrion Adams (Jr.), Tulsa

Reggie Arnold (So.), Arkansas State

Toney Baker (Jr.), NC State

Lance Ball (Sr.), Maryland

Yvenson Bernard (Sr.), Oregon State

Curtis Brinkley (Jr.), Syracuse

Aaron Brown (Jr.), TCU

Andre Brown (Jr.), NC State

Donald Brown (So.), Connecticut

Thomas Brown (Sr.), Georgia

Kenny Cattouse (Sr.), Troy

Hugh Charles (Sr.), Colorado

Jamaal Charles (Sr.), Texas

James Davis (Jr.), Clemson

Calvin Dawson (Sr.), UL Monroe

Joseph Doss (Sr.), Memphis

Rodney Ferguson (Jr.), New Mexico

Damion Fletcher (So.), Southern Miss.

Justin Forsett (Sr.), California

Matt Forté (Sr.), Tulane

Mike Goodson (So.), Texas A&M

BenJarvus Green-Ellis (Sr.), Mississippi

Mike Hart (Sr.), Michigan

P.J. Hill (So.), Wisconsin

Patrick Jackson (Jr.), Louisiana Tech

Javarris James (So.), Miami (FL)

Ian Johnson (Jr.), Boise State

Felix Jones (Jr.), Arkansas

Jorvorskie Lane (Jr.), Texas A&M

Rafael Little (Sr.), Kentucky

Marlon Lucky (Jr.), Nebraska

Kregg Lumpkin (Sr.), Georgia

Chris Markey (Sr.), UCLA

DeMyron Martin (Jr.), SMU

Darren McFadden (Jr.), Arkansas

Rashard Mendenhall (Jr.), Illinois

Jalen Parmele (Sr.), Toledo

Amir Pinnix (Sr.), Minnesota

Ray Rice (Jr.), Rutgers

Kory Sheets (Jr.), Purdue

Steve Slaton (Jr.), West Virginia

Kevin Smith (Jr.), Central Florida

Ontario Sneed (Jr.), Central Michigan

C.J. Spiller (So.), Clemson

Tyrell Sutton (Jr.), Northwestern

Courtney Tennial (Sr.), Tulsa

Marcus Thomas (Sr.), UTEP

Ryan Torain (Sr.), Arizona State

Chris Wells (So.), Ohio State

Shannon Woods (Jr.), Texas Tech

Albert Young (Sr.), Iowa State

 

[rawhide]

McFadden seems to be the leader of that pack from what all the pundits(morons) say.

CASTILLE yeah baby

 

[huskerguy]

Make it happen Marlon! ower

He could be a all big 12 and top 5 RB in the nation IF he can stay healthy.

That is a big IF but in his first season where he started and got a majority of the carries I think he did very well. He was only a Sophomore last year and showed some great potential in the open field.

 

[gamecocks]

I think it will come down to Slaton and McFadden. Possibly Hill if the Badgers go undefeated.

 

[Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red]

Wow. There are a lot of good backs on that list! Congrats to Lucky. Hope he has a hell of a year!

 

[cmb23]

Wow. There are a lot of good backs on that list! Congrats to Lucky. Hope he has a hell of a year!

I would hope that there would be a lot seeing how about half of the starting RB's in D-1 football are on there. Why don't they just say "All #1's on the depth chart are on the preseason list"??? No sense in keeping out the other 68.

 

[cmb23]

And they better check their list. Albert Young plays for Iowa...not Iowa State. A lot of in depth research done obviously.

 

[gamecocks]

aTm, Arkansas, Clemson, and Georgia all have two backs on that list.

 

[MCAT800]

I would hope that there would be a lot seeing how about half of the starting RB's in D-1 football are on there. Why don't they just say "All #1's on the depth chart are on the preseason list"??? No sense in keeping out the other 68.

Yea that's more like a scroll then a list.

I think I saw my grandmas name.