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Colorado Buffaloes running back Phillip Lindsay was named to the 2017 Doak Walker Award watch list on Thursday by the PwC SMU Athletic Forum.
Lindsay led the Buffaloes in rushing last season with 1,252 yards and ranked 34th amongst backs nationwide. Known as a “utility back”, he also gathered in 53 receptions for 493 yards and led all of FBS with a 1.82 percent drop rate. He’s looking to surpass the 1,000 yard mark next season and become the first running back in school history to do so in back-to-back seasons.
Lindsay was one of 61 players on the preseason list with an impressive nine other running backs from the Pac-12 conference. The Doak Walker is the second watch list Lindsay has been named to along with the Maxwell Award on July 10. He’s the third player in CU history to be named to the Doak Walker watch list. Rashaan Salaam won the award back in 1994 and Chris Brown finished as runner-up in 2002.
2017 Doak Walker watch list (61)
Josh Adams (Jr.), Notre Dame
Ryquell Armstead (Jr.), Temple
Kalen Ballage (Sr.), Arizona State
Saquon Barkley (Jr.), Penn State
Alex Barnes (So.), Kansas State
Jamauri Bogan (Jr.), Western Michigan
D'Angelo Brewer (Sr.), Tulsa
Nick Chubb (Sr.), Georgia
Jordan Chunn (Sr.), Troy
Justin Crawford (Sr.), West Virginia
Damarea Crockett (So.), Missouri
Rico Dowdle (So.), South Carolina
D'Andre Ferby (Jr.), WKU
Kendrick Foster (Sr.), Illinois
Jarvion Franklin (Sr.), Western Michigan
Myles Gaskin (Jr.), Washington
James Gilbert (Jr.), Ball State
Derrius Guice (Jr.), LSU
Damien Harris (Jr.), Alabama
Kyle Hicks (Sr.), TCU
Justice Hill (So.), Oklahoma State
Jon Hilliman (Jr.), Boston College
Justin Jackson (Sr.), Northwestern
Chris James (Jr.), Wisconsin
Ty Johnson (Jr.), Maryland
Ronald Jones, II (Jr.), USC
Ray Lawry (Sr.), Old Dominion
Phillip Lindsay (Sr.), Colorado
Tonny Lindsey, Jr. (Sr.), Utah State
Bryce Love (Jr.), Stanford
Sony Michel (Sr.), Georgia
Dedrick Mills (So.), Georgia Tech
David Montgomery (So.), Iowa State
Jamal Morrow (Sr.), Washington State
Ryan Nall (Jr.), Oregon State
Jacques Patrick (Jr.), Florida State
Kamryn Pettway (Jr.), Auburn
Demario Richard (Sr.), Arizona State
Diocemy Saint Juste (Sr.), Hawaii
Bo Scarbrough (Jr.), Alabama
Jordan Scarlett (Jr.), Florida
LJ Scott (Jr.), Michigan State
Bradrick Shaw (So.), Wisconsin
Armand Shyne (Jr.), Utah
Justin Silmon (Jr.), Kansas State
Ito Smith (Sr.), Southern Mississippi
Rodney Smith (Jr.), Minnesota
Benny Snell, Jr. (So.), Kentucky
Terry Swanson (Sr.), Toledo
Shaq Vann (Jr.), Eastern Michigan
Akrum Wadley (Sr.), Iowa
Mark Walton (Jr.), Miami
Warren Wand (Jr.), Arkansas State
Tre Watson (Sr.), Cal
Ralph Webb (Sr.), Vanderbilt
Mike Weber (So.), Ohio State
Braeden West (Jr.), SMU
Devwah Whaley (So.), Arkansas
Aeris Williams (Jr.), Mississippi State
Shaun Wilson (Sr.), Duke
Marquis Young (Jr.), Massachusetts
According to CU, “Among all active and returning FBS players, Lindsay ranks ninth in all-purpose yardage and his reception total is the second most of any returning running back (trailing Southern Miss' Ito Smith, who has 100).”