Doak Walker Award

2026 Preseason Watch List

• Ajay Allen, WKU
• Jabari Bates, San José State
• Jadan Baugh, Florida
• Braydon Bennett, Eastern Michigan
• Vaughn Blue, Central Michigan
• Mel Brown, Colorado State
• Raleek Brown, Texas
• Kenyon Clay, Arkansas State
• Cam Cook, West Virginia
• Manny Covey, Memphis
• Kam Davis, Liberty
• Jordon Davison, Oregon
• Evan Dickens, Boston College
• Cameron Dickey, Texas Tech
• Cam Edwards, Michigan State
• Dylan Edwards, Kansas
• Leonard Farrow, Florida Atlantic
• Mark Fletcher Jr., Miami
• Matt Fuller, South Carolina
• Ashton Grey, East Carolina
• Carson Hansen, Penn State
• Ahmad Hardy, Missouri
• Samuel Harris, Wyoming
• Caleb Hawkins, Oklahoma State
• Marcellous Hawkins, Virginia Tech
• Justice Haynes, Georgia Tech
• Malachi Hosley, Georgia Tech
• Makhi Hughes, Houston
• Fame Ijeboi, Purdue
• Bo Jackson, Ohio State
• Telly Johnson Jr., NIU
• Peyton Jones, Liberty
• Demon June, North Carolina
• Wayne Knight, UCLA
• Ousmane Kromah, Florida State
• Kewan Lacy, Ole Miss
• Peyton Lewis, Virginia
• Khobie Martin, Indiana
• CJ Miller, Toledo
• Adam Mohammed, Cal
• Kamari Moulton, Iowa
• AJ Newberry, Oregon State
• Godspower Nwawuihe, Army
• James Peoples, Penn State
• George Pettaway, James Madison
• Kendrick Raphael, SMU
• Kedrick Reescano, Arizona
• Turbo Richard, Indiana
• Devin Roche, Old Dominion
• Jayden Scott, NC State
• Sutton Smith, Arkansas
• Hollywood Smothers, Texas
• Lucky Sutton, San Diego State
• Herschel Turner, Nevada
• Kanye Udoh, Liberty
• Ca’Lil Valentine, Illinois
• Duke Watson, UCF
• Jahiem White, North Texas
• DeJuan Williams, Maryland
• Yasin Willis, Kansas