Badgers RB Ball wins Doak Walker

Wiscosnin senior Montee Ball was named the best running back in college football Thursday when he was presented with the Doak Walker Award during The Home Depot College Football Awards at Walt Disney World. He also was named to the Walter Camp All-America team for the second-consecutive season.

Ball finished ahead of Kenjon Barner of Oregon and Johnathan Franklin of UCLA. Ball is becomes Wisconsin’s second Doak Walker Award winner, joining 1999 winner Ron Dayne.

Compare each of Bell’s season here:

Year	Team	G	Rush	Yds	Yd/Rush	TDs	Rec	Yds	Yd/Rec	TDs
2009	Wisc	9	98	391	4.0	4	9	92	10.2	0
2010	Wisc	12	163	996	6.1	18	16	128	8.0	0
2011	Wisc	14	307	1923	6.3	33	24	306	12.8	6
2012	Wisc	13	332	1730	5.2	21	9	65	7.2	0
Career		48	900	5040	5.6	76	58	591	10.2	6

Ball led the Big Ten in rushing yards. Here are the 2012 Big Ten rushing leaders.

Rank	Player	Team	G	Rushes	Yds	Yds/G	Avg	TD	Long
1	M. Ball	Wisc	13	332	1730	133.1	5.2	21	67
2	L. Bell	MSU	12	350	1648	137.3	4.7	11	40
3	V. Mark	NW	12	213	1310	109.2	6.2	11	80
4	B. Miller	OhioSt	12	227	1271	105.9	5.6	13	72
5	D. Robinson	Mich	10	154	1166	116.6	7.6	7	79
6	A. Abdullah	Neb	13	219	1089	83.8	5.0	8	45
7	Z. Zwinak	PSU	10	203	1000	100.0	4.9	6	50
8	T. Martinez	Neb	13	175	973	74.8	5.6	10	92
9	C. Hyde	OhioSt	10	185	970	97.0	5.2	16	29
10	D. Kirkwood	Minn	12	199	849	70.8	4.3	5	38