DALLAS – The PwC SMU Athletic Forum has selected former LSU running back Johnny Robinson as the recipient of the 2018 PwC Doak Walker Legends Award. The award was created in 1998 to honor former running backs that excelled at the collegiate level and went on to distinguish themselves as leaders in their communities.
Robinson will accept his trophy at the Doak Walker Award Presentation Banquet on Friday, February 8, 2019 in Dallas. Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor, the 2018 Doak Walker Award recipient, will also be honored at the banquet. Robinson joins an impressive list of past recipients: Johnny Majors (2017), Herschel Walker (2016), Barry Sanders (2015), Bo Jackson (2014), Floyd Little (2013), Jim Brown (2012), Tommy McDonald (2011), Jim Taylor (2010), Eric Dickerson and Craig James (2009), Calvin Hill (2008), Marcus Allen (2007), Walter Payton (2006), Jim Swink (2005), John David Crow (2004), Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis (2003), Earl Campbell (2002), Tony Dorsett (2001), Pete Dawkins (2000), Archie Griffin (1999), and Gale Sayers (1998).