Todd Gurley, Mike Davis headline 2014 Doak Walker Award watch list

The 2014 Doak Walker Award watch list was released Thursday. SEC standouts Todd Gurley of Georgia and Mike Davis of South Carolina are among the early favorites

The 2014 Doak Walker Award watch list was released Thursday. SEC standouts Todd Gurley of Georgia and Mike Davis of South Carolina are among the early favorites to win the award. Wisconsin's Melvin Gordon is also considered a good bet to bring home the hardware. 

None of last year's finalists - Andre Williams, who won the 2013 award, Ka'Deem Carey and Bishop Sankey - are on the watch list after leaving for the NFL. 

The full Doak Walker Award watch list can be seen below:

• Ameer Abdullah (Sr.), Nebraska
• Jay Ajayi (Jr.), Boise State
• Javorius “Buck” Allen (Jr.), USC
• Leon Allen (Jr.), Western Kentucky
• Terry Baggett (Sr.), Army
• Bill Belton (Sr.), Penn State
• Malcolm Brown (Sr.), Texas
• Tra Carson (Jr.), Texas A&M
• B.J. Catalon (Jr.), TCU
• David Cobb (Sr.), Minnesota
• Tevin Coleman (Jr.), Indiana
• Alex Collins (So.), Arkansas
• James Conner (So.), Pittsburgh
• Marcus Cox (So.), Appalachian State
• Mike Davis (Jr.), South Carolina
• Kenneth Dixon (Jr.), Louisiana Tech
• Jahwan Edwards (Sr.), Ball State
• Kenneth Farrow (Jr.), Houston
• Josh Ferguson (Jr.), Illinois
• D.J. Foster (Jr.), Arizona State
• Melvin Gordon (Jr.), Wisconsin
• Michael Gordon (Jr.), Arkansas State
• Johnathan Gray (Jr.), Texas
• Todd Gurley (Jr.), Georgia
• Kenneth Harper (Sr.), Temple
• Alonzo Harris (Sr.), Louisiana-Lafayette
• Derrick Henry (So.), Alabama
• Bronson Hill (Sr.), Eastern Michigan
• Joe Hill (Sr.), Utah State
• Duke Johnson (Jr.), Miami
• Jeremy Langford (Sr.), Michigan State
• Daniel Lasco (Jr.), California
• Shock Linwood (So.), Baylor
• Robert Lowe (Jr.), Texas State
• Tre Madden (Jr.), USC
• Terrence Magee (Sr.), LSU
• Raymond Maples (Sr.), Army
• Byron Marshall (Jr.), Oregon
• Kevin Parks (Sr.), Virginia
• Christian Powell (Jr.), Colorado
• Donnel Pumphrey (So.), San Diego State
• Josh Robinson (Jr.), Mississippi State
• William Stanback (So.), UCF
• Cameron Stingily (Sr.), Northern Illinois
• Kelvin Taylor (So.), Florida
• Thomas Tyner (So.), Oregon
• Jamaal Williams (Jr.), BYU
• Jonathan Williams (Jr.), Arkansas
• Trey Williams (Jr.), Texas A&M
• Aaron Wimberly (Sr.), Iowa State
• T.J. Yeldon (Jr.), Alabama
• Kelsey Young (Sr.), Stanford
• Zach Zwinak (Sr.), Penn State

- Josh Sanchez