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Senior RB one of 43 listed for national honor.

Aug. 28, 2008

LAS VEGAS - UNLV senior running back Frank "The Tank" Summers was one of 43 players named to the official Doak Walker Award Watch List, which was released Thursday.

The award is presented annually to the nation's top college running back. Summers seems primed for a big senior season after becoming the first Rebel in history to lead his team in both rushing touchdowns (six) and receiving touchdowns (four) in the same season. He led UNLV with 928 yards on the ground and also picked up 252 through the air on 23 catches.

The former Cal signee is a graduate of Oakland's Skyline High School and transferred to UNLV after a dominating JC career at Laney College. He will start his 13th straight game on Saturday when the Rebels open their season by hosting Utah State starting at 7 p.m.

The Guaranty Bank SMU Athletic Forum Board of Directors will select the semifinalists on November 10, and the Doak Walker Award National Selection Committee will cast votes to determine the finalists, who will be announced on November 24. The committee will cast a second vote beginning on December 1 to determine the recipient. The National Selection Committee consists of former NFL All-Pro and college All-America running backs, media members and selected special representatives.

The recipient of the 2008 Doak Walker Award will be announced live on ESPN on The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards on December 11. The Doak Walker Award Presentation Banquet will be held at The Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas, on Feb. 6, 2009.

The award, in its 19th year, is named for SMU's three-time All-America running back Doak Walker.

The complete list of candidates:
Tarrion Adams (Sr.), Tulsa
Reggie Arnold (Jr.), Arkansas State
Kahill Bell (Sr.), UCLA
Andre Brown (Sr.), North Carolina State
Donald Brown (Jr.), Connecticut
Donald Buckram (So.), UTEP
James Davis (Sr.), Clemson
Mike Davis (Sr.), South Carolina
Andre Dixon (Jr.), Connecticut
Anthony Dixon (Jr.), Mississippi State
Jonathan Dwyer (So.), Georgia Tech
Jamelle Eugene (Jr.), North Carolina State
Tyrell Fenroy (Sr.), Louisiana Lafayette
Rodney Ferguson (Sr.), New Mexico
Damion Flecther (Jr.), Southern Mississippi
Arian Foster (Sr.), Tennessee
Mike Goodson (Jr.), Texas A&M
Keegan Herring (Sr.), Arizona State
P.J. Hill (Jr.), Wisconsin
Deonte Jackson (So.), Idaho
Terrell Jackson (Sr.), UTEP
Eugene Jarvis (Jr.), Kent State
Ian Johnson (Sr.), Boise State
Eric Kettani (Sr.), Naval Academy
Jorvorskie Lane (Sr.), Texas A&M
Luke Lippincott (Sr.), Nevada, Reno
Greg Little (So.), North Carolina
Marlon Lucky (Sr.), Nebraska
Darrell Mack (Sr.), Utah
DeMyron Martin (Sr.), SMU
LeSean McCoy (So.), Pittsburgh
Knowshon Moreno (So.), Georgia
DeMarco Murray (So.), Oklahoma
Javon Ringer (Sr.), Michigan State
Kory Sheets (Sr.), Purdue
Michael Smith (Jr.), Arkansas
C.J. Spiller (Jr.), Clemson
James Starks (Jr.), Buffalo
Frank Summers (Sr.), UNLV
Tyrell Sutton (Sr.), Northwestern
Joseph Turner (Jr.), TCU
Harvey Unga (So.), BYU
Chris Wells (Jr.), Ohio State