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Clemson Football: Will Shipley named to Doak Walker Award preseason watchlist

The respect from around the nation continues for Will Shipley of Clemson Football. He has been added to another watchlist.

Shipley has been named to the preseason watchlist for the Doak Walker Award, given annually to the best running back in college football.

Shipley has now been added to four watchlists: the Doak Walker, the Maxwell, the Wuerffel, and the Paul Hornung.

The award is named after Doak Walker, a running back who played for SMU and the Detroit Lions. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1948. It was created in 1990.