Nov. 16, 2016
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San Diego State senior Donnel Pumphrey (Las Vegas) has been named a Doak Walker Award semifinalist, the PwC SMU Athletic Forum announced Wednesday. Pumphrey is one of 10 semifinalists for the award, which goes out to the top college running back in the country.
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Pumphrey, who is also a Maxwell Award semifinalist (top college player), currently leads the nation with 1,779 rushing yards, 166 more yards than the next player, despite not playing in the fourth quarter in three of the past four games. He has rushed 277 times for 1,779 yards (6.6 avg.) and 14 touchdowns, while adding 20 catches for 145 yards (7.2 avg.). His 177.9 yards per game are more than 64 other FBS teams and would rank in a tie for 64th in the country as a "team."
Pumphrey currently has a career-long streak of nine games with at least 100 yards, compiling 1,681 yards (186.8 avg.) and 13 touchdowns over the stretch. Pumphrey, who has four games this year with at least 220 yards (only two other players have more than one game with 220 yards), also leads the country in all-purpose yards (1,939), and is tied for sixth in rushing touchdowns (14) and tied for 14th in overall scores (14).
Pumphrey enters Saturday's game with Wyoming ranked fourth in NCAA history with 6,051 yards. He's also tied for ninth in rushing touchdowns (59), 11th in overall touchdowns (64) and 12th in all-purpose yards (7,075). Additionally, Pumphrey needs just 45 receiving yards to become the first player in NCAA FBS history with at least 5,000 rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards.
The three finalists for the award will be named Tuesday, Nov. 22 by members of the Doak Walker Award National Selection Committee. The Committee will then cast a second vote to select the 2016 award recipient, which will be announced live on The Home Depot College Football Awards show on Thursday, Dec. 8 on ESPN.
The Doak Walker Award is named after three-time SMU All-America running back and 1948 Heisman Trophy winner Doak Walker. Walker, who also punted, returned kicks and kicked extra points, led the Mustangs to two Southwest Conference Championships. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions and led the league in scoring his rookie year. During his six years with the Lions, he led the team to two NFL championships and was chosen All-Pro four times. Walker is a member of both the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame.
The Aztecs, who are ranked 24th in the AP poll and 25th in the Coaches poll, have won 17 straight games against conference opponents, seven straight MW road games, six consecutive overall and 19 of their last 20 contests. Off to its best start since 1977 at 9-1, SDSU travels to Wyoming for its final road game of the regular season at 1:30 p.m. MT Saturday.
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2016 Doak Walker Award Semifinalists
Donnel Pumphrey, San Diego State
Saquon Barkley, Penn State
Dalvin Cook, Florida State
D'Onta Foreman, Texas
Leonard Fournette, LSU
Brian Hill, Wyoming
Aaron Jones, UTEP
Christian McCaffrey, Stanford
Jeremy McNichols, Boise State
Kamryn Pettway, Auburn