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Football’s Kewan Lacy Named Doak Walker Award Semifinalist
11/18/2025 | Football
DALLAS – Ole Miss sophomore running back Kewan Lacy has been named one of 10 semifinalists for the 2025 Doak Walker National Running Back Award, as announced by the PwC SMU Athletic Forum on Tuesday morning.
This is the latest honor for Lacy this week after already being named the SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week and earlier today both the Maxwell Award National Player of the Week and Walter Camp FBS National Offensive Player of the Week.
Last week against Florida, Lacy had a historic outing with a career-high 224 yards and three touchdowns on 31 carries – the eighth-most rushing yards in Ole Miss single-game history and the most by any Rebel rusher since Brandon Bolden vs. Fresno State in 2010 (228).
Lacy has been one of the best rushers in the nation all season long for the 10-1 Rebels, currently holding a season line of 231 attempts for 1,136 yards and 19 touchdowns. Those 19 rushing scores shattered the previous single-season record at Ole Miss of 16 set by Quinshon Judkins in 2022, and it also gave him the all-purpose touchdown record of 17 that was set four times previously by Judkins (2022, '23), Bolden (2010) and Deuce McAllister (2000).
At 19 rushing scores, Lacy is already tied for 10th in Ole Miss career history, and he is one rushing touchdown shy of tying for 10th in SEC single-season history.
Elsewhere in the Ole Miss record books, Lacy has also broken the single-season Ole Miss record for most points by a non-kicker at 114, sitting fourth currently behind kickers Caden Davis (129, 2024), Jonathan Nichols (124, 2003) and Gary Wunderlich (120, 2015). His 231 rushing attempts currently ranks fourth, while his 1,136 yards rank sixth – only the 11th 1,000-yard season in Ole Miss history, with Lacy becoming the eighth Rebel to do so.
In the FBS ranks, Lacy leads the nation in rushing touchdowns (19), is tied for the lead in rushing attempts (231), and is third in yards (1,136). Per PFF's advanced stats, Lacy leads the country in missed tackles forced (85) and ranks third in yards after contact (804). On the year, Lacy has five games with at least 100 yards rushing, six with multiple rushing touchdowns, and has scored at least once in 10 of 11 games played.
Lacy's 200-yard performance vs. Florida was the first by a Rebel rusher since the Arkansas game in 2022, when Judkins (214) and Zach Evans (207) both broke 200, and his 224 yards rank as the third-best single-game total in the SEC this season behind two performances by Missouri's Ahmad Hardy (300 vs. Mississippi State, 250 vs. Louisiana).
Three finalists for the 2025 Doak Walker Award will be announced a week from today, and the winner will be unveiled live on ESPN during The Home Depot College Football Awards on Fri., Dec. 12. The formal presentation of the award will take place at the annual banquet on Jan. 30, 2026 in Dallas.
2025 Doak Walker Award Semifinalists
Cam Cook Jr. – Jacksonville State
Cameron Dickey – Texas Tech
Ahmad Hardy – Missouri
Caleb Hawkins – North Texas
Robert Henry Jr. – UTSA
Emmett Johnson – Nebraska
Kewan Lacy – Ole Miss
Jeremiyah Love – Notre Dame
Antwan Raymond – Rutgers
Lucky Sutton – San Diego State
This is the latest honor for Lacy this week after already being named the SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week and earlier today both the Maxwell Award National Player of the Week and Walter Camp FBS National Offensive Player of the Week.
Last week against Florida, Lacy had a historic outing with a career-high 224 yards and three touchdowns on 31 carries – the eighth-most rushing yards in Ole Miss single-game history and the most by any Rebel rusher since Brandon Bolden vs. Fresno State in 2010 (228).
Lacy has been one of the best rushers in the nation all season long for the 10-1 Rebels, currently holding a season line of 231 attempts for 1,136 yards and 19 touchdowns. Those 19 rushing scores shattered the previous single-season record at Ole Miss of 16 set by Quinshon Judkins in 2022, and it also gave him the all-purpose touchdown record of 17 that was set four times previously by Judkins (2022, '23), Bolden (2010) and Deuce McAllister (2000).
At 19 rushing scores, Lacy is already tied for 10th in Ole Miss career history, and he is one rushing touchdown shy of tying for 10th in SEC single-season history.
Elsewhere in the Ole Miss record books, Lacy has also broken the single-season Ole Miss record for most points by a non-kicker at 114, sitting fourth currently behind kickers Caden Davis (129, 2024), Jonathan Nichols (124, 2003) and Gary Wunderlich (120, 2015). His 231 rushing attempts currently ranks fourth, while his 1,136 yards rank sixth – only the 11th 1,000-yard season in Ole Miss history, with Lacy becoming the eighth Rebel to do so.
In the FBS ranks, Lacy leads the nation in rushing touchdowns (19), is tied for the lead in rushing attempts (231), and is third in yards (1,136). Per PFF's advanced stats, Lacy leads the country in missed tackles forced (85) and ranks third in yards after contact (804). On the year, Lacy has five games with at least 100 yards rushing, six with multiple rushing touchdowns, and has scored at least once in 10 of 11 games played.
Lacy's 200-yard performance vs. Florida was the first by a Rebel rusher since the Arkansas game in 2022, when Judkins (214) and Zach Evans (207) both broke 200, and his 224 yards rank as the third-best single-game total in the SEC this season behind two performances by Missouri's Ahmad Hardy (300 vs. Mississippi State, 250 vs. Louisiana).
Three finalists for the 2025 Doak Walker Award will be announced a week from today, and the winner will be unveiled live on ESPN during The Home Depot College Football Awards on Fri., Dec. 12. The formal presentation of the award will take place at the annual banquet on Jan. 30, 2026 in Dallas.
2025 Doak Walker Award Semifinalists
Cam Cook Jr. – Jacksonville State
Cameron Dickey – Texas Tech
Ahmad Hardy – Missouri
Caleb Hawkins – North Texas
Robert Henry Jr. – UTSA
Emmett Johnson – Nebraska
Kewan Lacy – Ole Miss
Jeremiyah Love – Notre Dame
Antwan Raymond – Rutgers
Lucky Sutton – San Diego State
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