Benny Snell Jr. of Kentucky and former Madison Southern High School standout Damien Harris of Alabama were among 61 preseason candidates named Thursday for the 2017 Doak Walker Award.
The award annually is given to the nation’s top college running back.
Also named to the list was Western Kentucky redshirt junior D’Andre Ferby.
Snell, a sophomore from Westerville, Ohio, earned a spot on Athlon’s 2017 preseason Southeastern Conference third-team offense after a stellar freshman season. He set six UK freshman records, including most rushing touchdowns in a game (four), most rushing yards (1,091), most rushing touchdowns (13), most total touchdowns (13), most 100-yard rushing games (five) and most rushing yards in a single game (192).