DALLAS, TX - The PwC SMU Athletic Forum released today the preseason candidates for the 2021 Doak Walker Award. The Forum annually presents the award to the nation’s top college running back. Representing the MAC are six student-athletes -- Eastern Michigan junior Darius Boone, Toledo junior Bryant Koback, Central Michigan junior Kobe Lews, Buffalo senior Kevin Marks, Central Michigan freshman Lew Nichols and Northern Illinois freshman Harrison Waylee.
The PwC SMU Athletic Forum Board of Directors will name ten semifinalists in November, and three finalists, as voted on by the Doak Walker Award National Selection Committee, will be announced in November.