Northwestern University Athletics
Isaiah Bowser Named to Doak Walker Award Watch List
7/17/2019 12:01:00 PM | Football
Bowser burst on the scene midway through his rookie campaign in 2018 and finished the season with 866 rushing yards, the third most yards by a NU first year in program history. He ranked 12th in the country in rushing yards over the final seven games of the season and was key in the Wildcats earning their first Big Ten West Division title in program history. He rushed for 91.9 yards per game in Big Ten play and had four games with 100-plus rushing yards, including a season-high 166 versus Illinois.
The Sidney, Ohio, native is one of XX of Big Ten players represented on the initial list, including Reggie Corbin (Illinois), J.K. Dobbins (Ohio State), Mohamed Ibrahim (Minnesota), Anthony McFarland (Maryland), Mekhi Sargent (Iowa), Stevie Scott III (Indiana), Rodney Smith (Minnesota) and 2018 winner Jonathan Taylor (Wisconsin). He is also just one of 14 sophomores on the list.
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 on November 20. The committee will cast a second vote beginning December 2 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 2019 Doak Walker Award will be announced live on The Home Depot College Football Awards on Thursday, December 12 on ESPN.
The award, which will name its 30th recipient in 2019, 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.
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