Hampton Named Semifinalist For Doak Walker Award

CHAPEL HILL – The PwC SMU Athletic Forum announced the 10 semifinalists for the 2024 Doak Walker National Collegiate Running Back Award on Tuesday, and North Carolina junior Omarion Hampton was among the honorees.

Three finalists will be announced Tuesday, Nov. 26 and the winner will be unveiled live on ESPN during The Home Depot College Football Awards on Dec. 12. The formal presentation of the award will take place at the annual banquet scheduled for Jan. 31, 2025.

Fresh off career highs of 244 rushing yards and 35 carries in a win over Wake Forest last week, Hampton returns as a semifinalist after reaching the finalist stage a year ago. Hampton, the Atlantic Coast Conference leader and second nationally with 1,422 yards, is just the third Tar Heel with three 200-rushing yard games in his career and is fifth all-time at UNC with 3,327 career rushing yards. He has rushed for over 100 yards in nine out of 10 games this season and eight straight contests, a UNC record.

Doak Walker Award Semifinalists

Tahj Brooks, Texas Tech
DJ Giddens, Kansas State
Omarion Hampton, North Carolina
RJ Harvey, UCF
Makhi Hughes, Tulane
Ashton Jeanty, Boise State
Kaleb Johnson, Iowa
Dylan Sampson, Tennessee
Cam Skattebo, Arizona State
Brashard Smith, SMU

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Doak Walker Award
The Doak Walker Award presented by the PwC SMU Athletic Forum has been awarded to the nation's top running back since 1990.

The Doak Walker Award is a member of the National College Football Awards Association. Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes collegefootball's most prestigious awards and its 24 awards have honored more than 900 recipients dating back to 1935. For more information about the NCFAA and its award programs, visit the redesigned NCFAA.org or follow on X at @NCFAA.

For more information on the Doak Walker Award, contact Jeff Lockhart (lockhart@smu.edu) at the PwC SMU Athletic Forum, visit smu.edu/doakwalkeraward and follow on X at @DoakWalkerAward.

Players Mentioned

Omarion Hampton

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