Tulsa’s D’Angelo Brewer Named a Doak Walker Award Candidate
7/20/2017 9:08:00 AM | Football
University of Tulsa running back D'Angelo Brewer was named as a 2017 Doak Walker Award Candidate, announced today by the PwCSMU Athletic Forum. The award is presented annually to the nation's top college running back.
Brewer, a 5'9" senior from Tulsa's Central High School, returns as the American Athletic Conference's top rusher from a year ago. With his 1,435 rushing yards in 2016, Brewer was second on the league's rushing list behind teammate James Flanders. Brewer and Flanders became only the second Tulsa running duo in school history to each rush for over 1,000 yards in the same season.
A second-team all-conference selection a year ago, Brewer has rushed for 2,400 yards and 14 touchdowns in his career to rank ninth on the school's all-time rushing chart. He enters the 2017 season needing 1,251 yards to tie Tarrion Adams (2005-08) for the school's all-time rushing record.
Last year, Brewer became part of NCAA history when he and his teammates became the first to have a 3,000-yard passer (Dane Evans), two 1,000-yard rushers (Brewer and James Flanders) and two 1,000-yard receivers (Josh Atkinson and Keevan Lucas).
The award, which will name its 28th recipient in 2017, is named for SMU's three-time All-America running back Doak Walker. It is the only major collegiate award that requires all candidates to be in good academic standing and on schedule to graduate within one year of other students of the same classification.
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