What’s better than one running back making the 2021 Doak Walker Award Watch List? Two running backs being named to the watch list.
Arizona State’s one-two punch of DeaMonte Trayanum and Rachaad White are candidates for the 2021 Doak Walker Award, as released by the PwC Athletic Forum on Wednesday.
The Sun Devils led the Pac-12 in rushing yards per game (264.2) last year behind the efforts of Trayanum and White.
Trayanum, the highly touted freshman bruiser from Ohio, was expected to have a major role in the backfield last season. He lived up to the hype as he was the highest-graded running back (87.