Two Longhorns make the preseason Doak Walker Award Watch List
Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson are squarely in the spotlight heading into the 2022 season. The two running backs were named to the preseason Doak Walker Watch List issued by the PwC SMU Athletic Forum.
The Doak Walker award is given to the best running back in the nation. Doak Walker was a standard-setter at SMU at the halfback position.
Famously, Ricky Williams wore No. 37 in the Cotton Bowl against Oklahoma to honor the running back with whom he would befriend before Walker’s passing. Williams, now known as Errick Miron, remarked, “I thought it would be neat to wear 37 in the house that Doak built,” said Williams. “I’m playing with him in my heart.”
Four Longhorns have won the prestigious award. Only Wisconsin can boast as many Doak Walker winners as Texas.
Robinson and Johnson will try to join Cedric Benson, D’Onta Foreman, and two-time winner Ricky Williams on that list.
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