If there’s any doubt that the Big Ten is blessed with great running backs, the release of the Doak Walker semifinalists list should dispel that.
The conference boasts three of the 10 semifinalists for the prestigious award, which goes to the nation’s top running back. That ties the Big Ten with the Pac-12, which also has 30 percent of the honorees.
The semifinalists are:
Montee Ball, Wisconsin
Kenjon Barner, Oregon
Le’Veon Bell, Michigan State
Giovani Bernard, North Carolina
David Fluellen, Toledo
Johnathan Franklin, UCLA
Stefphon Jefferson, Nevada
Venric Mark, Northwestern
Joseph Randle, Oklahoma State
Stepfan Taylor, Stanford
Looks like the Doak Walker committee got this one right.
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