Last year, when University of Miami tailback Mark Walton attended the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Kickoff, known as the league’s preseason media days, he was considered the best all-around Canes player, the man who could help get the Canes back to national prominence.
But when Walton sustained a season-ending injury Oct. 7 at Florida State, the quiet young man behind him — Travis Homer— stepped right up in his place and had an outstanding season.
On Wednesday, Homer, a junior, was named a candidate for the Doak Walker Award that goes to the nation’s best running back at season’s end.