...but I think he'll take it. Iowa RB Shon Greene took home the Doak Walker Award last night- the award given to the Nation's Best Running Back- he was the first Hawkeye ever to win the award. The Doak Walker caps off an incredible season for Greene and is just the latest in a string of post-season awards for the RB- including the Big Ten's Silver Football (Conference MVP) and a whole bunch of All-American recognition.
What's even more incredible is that about a year ago, he was working at a furniture store- forced to attend to the local Community College for a year to straighten out academic issues that forced him off the team for a year.
And now, he's winning the Doak Walker. Not a bad turnaround, all things considered.
The big question on the minds of every Hawkeye fan from here to Timbuktu is going to be this: will he go pro?
The general conventional wisdom I've seen says that it's a high probability, as NFL RBs have a short shelf life (shorter than QBs, anyway) but that said, this is a guy who's had to fight his way back into football after almost losing the thread entirely, so to speak. I think there's an argument that he might come back for one more year, lock things down, maybe take a run at the Heisman (not entirely out of the question if he has a season equal to or better than this one next year.) But either way, maybe you go pro when you're on top rather than run the risk of a lackluster season next year.
Who knows... we'll have to see. But congratulations to Mr. Greene, anyway!
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