Cajuns running back Elijah McGuire and LSU’s Leonard Fournette are two of the 69 running back named to the 2015 Doak Walker Award Watch List.
The Doak Walker Award is for the nation’s premier running back.
McGuire, the 2014 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, racked up 1,264 yards rushing with seven touchdowns last season. The junior running back also had 468 yards and two touchdowns in 2014.
Fournette, a New Orleans native, amassed 1,034 yards and 10 touchdowns in his only his freshman season.
Below is the complete 2015 Doak Walker Award Watch List.
| Player | School |
| Leon Allen | Western Kentucky |
| Devontae Booker | Utah |
| Matt Breida | Georgia Southern |
| Brandon Burks | Troy |
| Jordan Canzeri | Iowa |
| Tra Carson | Texas A&M |
| Nick Chubb | Georgia |
| Corey Clement | Wisconsin |
| Alex Collins | Arkansas |
| James Conner | Pittsburgh |
| Marcus Cox | Appalachian State |
| Justin Davis | USC |
| Matt Dayes | N.C. State |
| Kenneth Dixon | Louisiana Tech |
| Ezekiel Elliott | Ohio State |
| Kenneth Farrow | Houston |
| Josh Ferguson | Illinois |
| Tarean Folston | Notre Dame |
| Leonard Fournette | LSU |
| Jarvion Franklin | Western Michigan |
| Royce Freeman | Oregon |
| Wayne Gallman | Clemson |
| Michael Gordon | Arkansas State |
| Johnathan Gray | Texas |
| Aaron Green | TCU |
| Travis Greene | Bowling Green |
| Russell Hansbrough | Missouri |
| Derrick Henry | Alabama |
| Jon Hilliman | Boston College |
| Jordan Howard | Indiana |
| Kareem Hunt | Toledo |
| LaJuan Hunt | Utah State |
| Darius Jackson | Eastern Michigan |
| Don Jackson | Nevada |
| Justin Jackson | Northwestern |
| Paul James | Rutgers |
| Devon Johnson | Marshall |
| Aaron Jones | UTEP |
| Daniel Lasco | California |
| Ray Lawry | Old Dominion |
| Shock Linwood | Baylor |
| Robert Lowe | Texas State |
| Akeel Lynch | Penn State |
| Marlon Mack | USF |
| Tre Madden | USC |
| Christian McCaffrey | Standford |
| Elijah McGuire | UL-Lafayette |
| Samaje Perine | Oklahoma |
| Paul Perkins | UCLA |
| Christian Powell | Colorado |
| Shaquille Powell | Duke |
| Donnel Pumphrey | San Diego State |
| Demario Richard | Arizona State |
| Ashton Shumpert | Mississippi State |
| William Stanback | UCF |
| Chris Swain | Navy |
| Anthone Taylor | Buffalo |
| Jahad Thomas | Temple |
| Shane Tucker | Middle Tennessee |
| Thomas Tyner | Oregon |
| Marteze Waller | Fresno State |
| DeAndre Washington | Texas Tech |
| Dwayne Washington | Washington |
| Ralph Webb | Vanderbilt |
| Shaun Wick | Wyoming |
| Brandon Wilds | South Carolina |
| Jamaal Williams | BYU |
| Jonathan Williams | Arkansas |
| Nick Wilson | Arizona |
-Clint Domingue