CJ Donaldson Makes Doak Walker Award Watch List

New Ohio State running back CJ Donaldson is the latest Buckeye to be featured on a preseason watch list.

The watch list for the Doak Walker Award, which is given each year to the best running back in college football, included the West Virginia transfer among the 103 players who made it.

Last season Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty won the Doak Walker Award after nearly breaking Barry Sanders’ single season NCAA rushing record.

Donaldson is coming off of a year in which he had 734 rushing yards in 164 attempts and scored 11 touchdowns on the ground.

He will share the backfield in some fashion with sophomore running back James Peoples.