DALLAS (August 9, 2023) – Washington State running back Nakia Watson was named a 2023 Doak Walker Award Candidate, the PwC SMU Athletic Forum announced Wednesday.
The Doak Walker Award is presented to the nation's top college running back.
Watson, a redshirt-senior from Austin, Texas, earned his first career All-Pac-12 Conference honor in 2022 after finishing the regular season ninth in the Pac-12 with 13 total touchdowns and seventh with 96.7 all-purpose yards-per-game, seventh with 69.9 rushing yards-per-game and tied for eighth with nine rushing touchdowns. Watson had three 100-yard rushing games, forced 36 missed tackles on runs and was third in the Pac-12 with ten runs of 20+yards.