DALLAS- The PwC SMU Athletic Forum released on Wednesday the preseason candidates for the 2018 Doak Walker Award. The Forum annually presents the award to the nation's top college running back. University of North Carolina sophomore Michael Carter made the list.
2017 Doak Walker Award Recipient Bryce Love from Stanford headlines the crop of preseason candidates. Love, the nation's leading returning rusher, established an FBS record with 13 carries of 50 yards or more in 2017. The list also features 2017 Doak Walker Award Finalist Jonathan Taylor from Wisconsin, and semifinalists Justice Hill from Oklahoma State and Devin Singletary from Florida Atlantic.