Silas Redd named to Doak Walker Watch List
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Updated: July 19, 2012
Redd ran for 1,241 yards in 2011, the 10th-highest season total in Penn State history, en route to second-team All-Big Ten honors. He became the 12th different Penn State player to post 1,000 yards rushing in a season (20 times overall) and gave the Nittany Lions a 1,000-yard rusher for the seventh consecutive season. Redd averaged 5.2 yards on his 321 attempts and scored seven rushing touchdowns, with a long carry of 42 yards.
Also a 2012 candidate for the Maxwell Award, Redd led all Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) players with 703 rushing yards last October, including five consecutive 100-yard games. He was the first Nittany Lion with five consecutive 100-yard games since All-American Curtis Enis in 1997. A U.S. Army All-American for Coach Dan Gouin at King Low Heywood Thomas School , he gained career-high 164 yards on just 18 carries (9.1) in Penn State's 34-24 win at Northwestern on Oct. 22.
The award, in its 24th year, is named for SMU's three-time All-America running back and 1948 Heisman Trophy winner Doak Walker. Penn State All-American Larry Johnson was the 2002 recipient of the Doak Walker Award.
The PricewaterhouseCoopers SMU Athletic Forum Board of Directors will select the semifinalists on November 9 and the Doak Walker Award National Selection Committee will then cast votes to determine the finalists, who will be announced on Nov. 19. The Committee will cast a second vote beginning on Nov. 26 to determine the recipient. The National Selection Committee consists of former NFL All-Pro and college All-America running backs, media members and selected special representatives.
The recipient of the 2012 Doak Walker Award will be announced live on The Home Depot College Football Awards on December 6 on ESPN.
Coach Bill O'Brien's squad returns 34 letterwinners
and nine starters for the upcoming season, as well as 16 players that have
starting experience.
