Wesley Tabbed Semifinalist For Doak Walker Award
11/11/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 11, 2010
DALLAS -- The PricewaterhouseCoopers SMU Athletic Forum Board of Directors has announced TCU's Ed Wesley as one of 10 semifinalists for the 2010 Doak Walker Award, presented to the nation's top running back.
Wesley is one of just two sophomores on the list, joining Oregon's LaMichael James.
Wesley tops TCU with 988 yards rushing. He needs 12 yards to become the Horned Frogs' first 1,000-yard rusher since Robert Merrill (1,107) in 2003. Wesley is averaging 6.6 yards per carry with a team-high 11 touchdowns, finding the end zone in eight of third-ranked TCU's 10 games.
An Irving, Texas, native, Wesley is on pace for 1,284 yards. It would mark TCU's highest single-season rushing total since LaDainian Tomlinson won the 2000 Doak Walker Award with a nation's best 2,158 yards.
Wesley has four 100-yard games this season and five in his career.
In a 38-7 win over Air Force on Oct. 23, Wesley ran for a career-high 209 yards. He single-handedly outrushed (209-184) a Falcons' team that entered the game leading the nation in rushing at 346.9 yards per game. It was TCU's first 200-yard effort since Joseph Turner ran for 226 yards at San Diego State in 2007.
The Doak Walker Award is named after SMU's 1948 Heisman Trophy winning running back. The three finalists will be announced Nov. 22.
2010 Doak Walker Award Semifinalists
John Clay, Wisconsin
Kendall Hunter, Oklahoma State
Mark Ingram, Alabama
LaMichael James, Oregon
DeMarco Murray, Oklahoma
Bilal Powell, Louisville
Jacquizz Rodgers, Oregon State
Vai Taua, Nevada
Daniel Thomas, Kansas State
Ed Wesley, TCU
