USC Morning Buzz: Doak Walker Watch List Features Ronald Jones

USC tailback Ronald Jones made the watch list for the Doak Walker Award, which goes to the nation’s top running back. Who is the frontunner? How about Penn State’s Saquon Barkley? I can still see defenders flailing trying to tackle him in the Rose Bowl.
Full list of candidates after the jump:                       Josh Adams (Jr.), Notre Dame
Dedrick Mills (So.), Georgia Tech
Ryquell Armstead (Jr.), Temple
David Montgomery (So.), Iowa State
Kalen Ballage (Sr.), Arizona State
Jamal Morrow (Sr.), Washington State
Saquon Barkley (Jr.), Penn State
 Ryan Nall (Jr.), Oregon State
Alex Barnes (So.), Kansas State                               
  Jacques Patrick (Jr.), Florida State
Jamauri Bogan (Jr.), W. Michigan                               
 Kamryn Pettway (Jr.), Auburn
D’Angelo Brewer (Sr.), Tulsa                               
Demario Richard (Sr.), Arizona State
Nick Chubb (Sr.), Georgia                                                             
Diocemy Saint Juste (Sr.), Hawaii
Jordan Chunn (Sr.), Troy                                                             
 Bo Scarbrough (Jr.), Alabama
Justin Crawford (Sr.), West Virginia                               
  Jordan Scarlett (Jr.), Florida
Damarea Crockett (So.), Missouri                               
 LJ Scott (Jr.), Michigan State
Rico Dowdle (So.), South Carolina                               
 Bradrick Shaw (So.), Wisconsin
D’Andre Ferby (Jr.), WKU                                                             
 Armand Shyne (Jr.), Utah
Kendrick Foster (Sr.), Illinois                               
 Justin Silmon (Jr.), Kansas State
Jarvion Franklin (Sr.), W. Michigan                               
Ito Smith (Sr.), Southern Mississippi
Myles Gaskin (Jr.), Washington                               
Rodney Smith (Jr.), Minnesota
James Gilbert (Jr.), Ball State                               
Benny Snell, Jr. (So.), Kentucky
Derrius Guice (Jr.), LSU                                                             
Terry Swanson (Sr.), Toledo
Damien Harris (Jr.), Alabama                               
 Shaq Vann (Jr.), Eastern Michigan
Kyle Hicks (Sr.), TCU                                                             
 Akrum Wadley (Sr.), Iowa
Justice Hill (So.), Oklahoma State                               
Mark Walton (Jr.), Miami
Jon Hilliman (Jr.), Boston College                               
Warren Wand (Jr.), Arkansas State
Justin Jackson (Sr.), Northwestern                               
Tre Watson (Sr.), Cal
Chris James (Jr.), Wisconsin                               
Ralph Webb (Sr.), Vanderbilt
Ty Johnson (Jr.), Maryland                                                             
Mike Weber (So.), Ohio State
Ronald Jones, II (Jr.), USC                                                             
Braeden West (Jr.), SMU
Ray Lawry (Sr.), Old Dominion                               
Devwah Whaley (So.), Arkansas
Phillip Lindsay (Sr.), Colorado                               
Aeris Williams (Jr.), Mississippi State
Bryce Love (Jr.), Stanford                                                             
Tonney Lindsey, Jr. (Sr.), Utah State
Sony Michel (Sr.), Georgia                                                             
Shaun Wilson (Sr.), Duke
Marquis Young (Jr.), Massachusetts

 

15 thoughts on “USC Morning Buzz: Doak Walker Watch List Features Ronald Jones

  1. Scott,
    OJ parole update, please.
    I’m stuck on a conference call with Putin and can’t watch right now.

  2. more like the joke walker awared cuz every one wins it, like i say before i guess its the time we live in every one gets a precipitation trophy, gee thanks a lot trump! smdh

    • Ummmm, there have been 25 winners in the 27 year history of the award, so you have a curious take on “everyone”. I think you might want to look into the difference between a watch list and the eventual winner of an award.

      • ur only just proving my point! theyre was like 1 winner a year until know, and know every one wins the joke walker awared cuz trump is know presdent when this happens, smdh!

    • Wait!
      I never got a precipitation trophy!
      Is that like when it rains touchdowns?

  3. I can still see Barkley getting stuffed on 3rd down with less than 2 minutes to go that gave the ball back to Darnold……….

    • …and that reminds me of Little Matty Barkley getting stuffed, sealed and delivered to the turf by Anthony Barr. (Although everything reminds me of that sack)

      • Ahh yes, the Golden Age of Bruin Football… more commonly known as SC being under sanctions. As I recall, 2012 was the year the Bruins closed the season with a 3 game losing streak and finished the season unranked. Good times!

      • Worst thing about that play was it knocked him out of the Notre Dame game the next week. Luck of the Irish….get a 9 point win against Max Wittek and a trip to the BCS Title Game.

    • Hutchings went all out on that. Signature play of his career for the small amount of time he was in the field.

  4. How can you truly grade running backs when you play on a team like Washington where their non-conference schedule is a joke and the rushing yards are gobbled up playing tomato can defenses? All conferences have a few teams that are less than imposing in stopping a rushing attack. But politics is always going to be involved as I remember in 1974, Anthony Davis had a phenom year in playing great teams. but you had Archie Griffin from Ohio State who was the Big Ten’s (mid west’s) darling. You stack up OSUs schedule vs USCs. OSU played Oregon St. ,Washington St. & SMU. Wow what an imposing burden they had. Politics, no doubt about it, gave Griffin a 2nd Heisman.

  5. Really, Flow? THAT’S what you see? Maybe don’t stand up for a while if the Penn St. running back gets you that excited. If you know what I mean…

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