Running back, SMU
Doak Walker
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Doak Walker played running back at SMU. He won the 1948 Heisman Trophy and the 1947 Maxwell Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 1947, 1948 and 1949. The New York Bulldogs took Walker in the first round, No. 3 overall in the 1949 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1959.
At a glance
Honors
- 1948Heisman Trophy
- Inducted 1959College Football Hall of Fame
- 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949First-team All-Southwest Conference
- 1947Maxwell Award
- 1947, 1948, 1949Consensus All‑American
- 1947National leader in kickoff return yards (387)
- 1947, 1949Third in the Heisman vote
- 1948Sporting News College Football Player of the Year
Team titles: SWC champions, 1947 and 1948
Regional honors: Swede Nelson Award 1949
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
In the NFL
Pro Bowls: 5 (1950–51, 1953–55) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 4 (1950–51, 1953–54)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 1950–51, 1953–54; Sporting News first team 1954–55; United Press first team 1950–51, 1954; New York Daily News first team 1951, 1954; NEA first team 1954; New York Daily News second team 1953, 1955; and 2 more.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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