NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference has six preseason candidates for the 2019 Doak Walker Award — annually presented to the nation's top college running back — as announced by the PwC SMU Athletic Forum on Wednesday.
Appalachian State’s Darrynton Evans, Arkansas State’s Marcel Murray, Louisiana’s Trey Ragas and Elijah Mitchell, South Alabama’s Tra Minter and Troy’s BJ Smith were among the 71 candidates listed.
Murray was tabbed as the Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year in 2018 and earned third team all-conference honors last season after recording 860 rushing yards and eight touchdowns, while also adding 141 receiving yards and a pair of scores on 16 receptions.