Sanford A Doak Walker Award Candidate
The candidates for the award, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this season, were announced by the Southwestern Bell/SMU Athletic Forum.
Sanford enters his senior season at the University of Houston as one of the more prolific all-purpose backs in school history. He is just 810 rushing yards shy of Chuck Weatherspoon's (1987-90) UH mark of 3,247. Already having set the school record with 519 rushes, Sanford also is 1,487 all-purpose yards away from breaking Weatherspoon's all-time record of 5,715.
The Southwestern Bell/SMU Athletic Forum Board of Directors will select eight semifinalists in late November, and the Dr Pepper Doak Walker Award National Selection Committee will ultimately vote on the winner. The 182-member National Selection Committee consists of former All-Pro and All-America running backs, print and electronic media and selected special representatives.
The winner of the 1999 Dr Pepper Doak Walker Award will be announced live on ESPN2's Home Depot College Football Awards Show on Thursday, December 9, 1999. The Dr Pepper Doak Walker Award Presentation Banquet will be held at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas, Texas, on Monday, January 24, 2000.
The Southwestern Bell/SMU Athletic Forum, the presenting entity for the Dr Pepper Doak Walker Award, produces four annual luncheons and is widely regarded as America's preeminent sports luncheon series.
The complete list of candidates follows:
Shaun Alexander, Sr., Alabama Deuce McAllister, Jr., Ole Miss Mike Anderson, Sr., Utah Kevin McDougal, Sr., Colorado State Gerard Arnold, Jr., Memphis Travis Minor, Jr., Florida State Trung Canidate, Sr., Arizona Chad Morton, Sr., USC Dwayne Cherrington, Sr., Colorado Derrick Nix, So., Southern Miss Chrys Chukwuma, Sr., Arkansas Rodnick Phillips, Sr., SMU Darren David, Sr., Iowa State Travis Prentice, Sr., Miami (Ohio) Ron Dayne, Sr., Wisconsin J.R. Redmond, Sr., Arizona State Reuben Droughns, Sr., Oregon Ray Robinson, So., North Carolina State Marcus Fields, Jr., California Ketric Sanford, Sr., Houston Eric Flowers, Sr., Central Michigan Robert Sanford, Jr., Western Michigan Dante Hall, Sr., Texas A&M Paul Smith, Sr., UTEP Thomas Hamner, Sr., Minnesota Shyrone Stith, Jr., Virginia Tech Elmarko Jackson, Sr., Temple Anthony Thomas, Jr., Michigan James Jackson, Jr., Miami (Fla.) LaDainian Tomlinson, Jr., TCU Thomas Jones, Sr., Virginia Anthony White, Sr., Kentucky LaMont Jordan, Jr., Maryland Michael Wiley, Sr., Ohio State Godfrey Lewis, So., Bowling Green Boo Williams, Sr., South Carolina Jamal Lewis, Jr., Tennessee Ricky Williams, Jr., Texas Tech