2019 Doak Walker Award candidates include FSU’s Cam Akers

Watchlist season rolls on through the dog days of summer, and today’s installment is the initial release of those being considered for the Doak Walker Award, the hardware presented annually to the nation’s top running back. And Florida State is represented.

Just days after making the Maxwell Award watchlist for the player of the year, junior Seminole RB Cam Akers is being eyed for the Walker as well. Then again, who isn’t? Here’s the full rundown:

Cam Akers (Jr.), Florida State

Darius Anderson (Sr.), TCU

Jafar Armstrong (Jr.), Notre Dame

LaVante Bellamy (Sr.), Western Michigan

Eno Benjamin (Jr.), Arizona State

Max Borghi (So.), Washington State

Isaiah Bowser (So.), Northwestern

Rakeem Boyd (Jr.), Arkansas

Darius Bradwell (Sr.), Tulane

Shamari Brooks (Jr.), Tulsa

Spencer Brown (Jr.), UAB

Brittain Brown (Jr.), Duke

Cade Carney (Sr.), Wake Forest

Michael Carter (Jr.), North Carolina

Ty Chandler (Jr.), Tennessee

Andrew Clair (Jr.), Bowling Green

Jashaun Corbin (So.), Texas A&M

Reggie Corbin (Sr.), Illinois

AJ Dillon (Jr.), Boston College

J.K. Dobbins (Jr), Ohio State

Travis Dye (So.), Oregon

Travis Etienne (Jr.), Clemson

Darrynton Evans (Jr.), Appalachian State

Dayton Furuta (Sr.), Hawaii

Tre Harbison (Jr.), Northern Illinois

Najee Harris (Jr.), Alabama

Kylin Hill (Jr.), Mississippi State

Jerry Howard, Jr. (Jr.), Georgia Tech

Chuba Hubbard (So.), Oklahoma State

Mohamed Ibrahim (So.), Minnesota

Keaontay Ingram (So.), Texas

Deon Jackson (Jr.), Duke

Jermar Jefferson (So.), Oregon State

Tony Jones, Jr. (Sr.), Notre Dame

Lopini Katoa (So.), BYU

Joshua Kelley (Sr.), UCLA

Bryant Koback (So.), Toledo

Benny LeMay (Sr.), Charlotte

Vavae Malepeai (Jr.), USC

Kam Martin (Sr.), Auburn

Jordan Mason (So.), Georgia Tech

Greg McCrae (Jr.), UCF

Anthony McFarland, Jr. (So.), Maryland

Tra Minter (Sr.), South Alabama

Elijah Mitchell (Jr.), Louisiana

Marcel Murray (So.), Arkansas State

Moe Neal (Sr.), Syracuse

Jaret Patterson (So.), Buffalo

Lamical Perine (Sr.), Florida

Scottie Phillips (Sr.), Ole Miss

Trey Ragas (Jr.), Louisiana

Ronnie Rivers (Jr.), Fresno State

Larry Rountree, III (Jr.), Missouri

Mekhi Sargent (Jr), Iowa

Cameron Scarlett (Sr.), Stanford

Stevie Scott, III (So.), Indiana

BJ Smith (Sr.), Troy

Rodney Smith (Sr.), Minnesota

Kesean Strong (Sr.), Old Dominion

D’Andre Swift (Jr.), Georgia

Toa Taua (So.), Nevada

Corey Taylor, II (Jr.), Tulsa

J.J. Taylor (Jr.), Arizona

Jonathan Taylor (Jr.), Wisconsin

Patrick Taylor (Sr.), Memphis

DeAndre Torrey (Jr.), North Texas

Breck Turner (Sr.), Eastern Michigan

KeShawn Vaughn (Sr.), Vanderbilt

CJ Verdell (So.), Oregon

Quardraiz Wadley (Sr.), UTEP

Michael Warren, II (Jr.), Cincinnati

Devwah Whaley (Sr.), Arkansas