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STILLWATER – Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II is one of 10 semifinalists for the 2023 Doak Walker National Collegiate Running Back Award, announced Tuesday by the PwC SMU Athletic Forum.
The news comes just a week after he was also named a semifinalist for the Maxwell Award for the Collegiate Player of the Year.
A three-time Doak Walker National Running Back of the Week and four-time Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week, Gordon leads the FBS in nearly every major rushing category, including rushing yards (1,414), rushing yards per game (128.5), 200-yard rushing games (2) and carries of at least 20 yards (18), 30 yards (14), 40 yards (7) and 70 yards (2).
His performances against Kansas, West Virginia and Cincinnati made home the only FBS player in the past 10 years with 250 scrimmage yards in three straight games, and his 282 rushing yards at West Virginia are the most for any FBS player in a game this season.
Gordon also put together a streak of six straight games with more than 120 yards rushing and two straight games with more than 270 yards rushing. His games against WVU and Cincinnati marked the most rushing yards for an OSU player in a two-game span (553) since Heisman-winner Barry Sanders posted 625 yards against Iowa and Texas Tech in 1988.
He followed that with another impressive performance in a Bedlam win over No. 9 Oklahoma, producing 156 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns.
The field of Doak Walker Award semifinalists includes four Big 12 players to mark the most of any conference, and six total FBS conferences are represented.
Three finalists for the 2023 Doak Walker Award will be announced in one week and the winner will be unveiled live on ESPN during The Home Depot College Football Awards on December 8. The formal presentation of the award will take place on the SMU campus at the annual banquet scheduled for February 16, 2024.
Gordon and the Cowboys return to action Saturday for the regular season finale in Boone Pickens Stadium, facing BYU at 2:30 p.m. CT on ABC.
