Have no idea how he was overlooked and not included on the initial watch list released earlier this week...
DALLAS, Texas. – University of Maryland senior running back Ty Johnson has been added to the list of preseason candidates for the 2018 Doak Walker Award, it was announced on Friday.
It marks the second consecutive year that Johnson has been named a candidate for the award that is annually presented to the nation’s top running back.
Johnson, who was named to the Maxwell Award Watch List earlier in the week, led the Terps and ranked eighth in the Big Ten with 875 rushing yards in 2017. During his junior campaign, Johnson averaged 6.4 yards per carry, which ranked third in the conference, and his 132.7 all-purpose yards per game average was fourth best in the league.
A Cumberland, Md. native, Johnson surpassed 3,000 career all-purpose yards and 2,000 career rushing yards last season. He enters his senior season ranking among the Top 15 all-time at Maryland in career all-purpose yards (3,287), career rushing yards (2,129) and career kick return yards (813).
Ten semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award will be named in November, and three finalists, as voted on by the Doak Walker Award National Selection Committee, will be announced on November 20. The committee will cast a second vote beginning November 26 to determine the recipient. The National Selection Committee consists of past recipients, former NFL All-Pro and college All-America running backs, media members and selected special representatives.
The recipient of the 2018 Doak Walker Award will be announced live on The Home Depot College Football Awards on Thursday, December 6 on ESPN.
The award, which will name its 29th recipient in 2018, is named for SMU’s three-time All-America running back Doak Walker. It is the only major collegiate award that requires all candidates to be in good academic standing and on schedule to graduate within one year of other students of the same classification.
Johnson and the Terps open their 2018 campaign against the University of Texas on September 1 at FedExField.
DALLAS, Texas. – University of Maryland senior running back Ty Johnson has been added to the list of preseason candidates for the 2018 Doak Walker Award, it was announced on Friday.
It marks the second consecutive year that Johnson has been named a candidate for the award that is annually presented to the nation’s top running back.
Johnson, who was named to the Maxwell Award Watch List earlier in the week, led the Terps and ranked eighth in the Big Ten with 875 rushing yards in 2017. During his junior campaign, Johnson averaged 6.4 yards per carry, which ranked third in the conference, and his 132.7 all-purpose yards per game average was fourth best in the league.
A Cumberland, Md. native, Johnson surpassed 3,000 career all-purpose yards and 2,000 career rushing yards last season. He enters his senior season ranking among the Top 15 all-time at Maryland in career all-purpose yards (3,287), career rushing yards (2,129) and career kick return yards (813).
Ten semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award will be named in November, and three finalists, as voted on by the Doak Walker Award National Selection Committee, will be announced on November 20. The committee will cast a second vote beginning November 26 to determine the recipient. The National Selection Committee consists of past recipients, former NFL All-Pro and college All-America running backs, media members and selected special representatives.
The recipient of the 2018 Doak Walker Award will be announced live on The Home Depot College Football Awards on Thursday, December 6 on ESPN.
The award, which will name its 29th recipient in 2018, is named for SMU’s three-time All-America running back Doak Walker. It is the only major collegiate award that requires all candidates to be in good academic standing and on schedule to graduate within one year of other students of the same classification.
Johnson and the Terps open their 2018 campaign against the University of Texas on September 1 at FedExField.
