Roughly one out of every five players on Thursday's Doak Walker Award watch list comes from the SEC.

The conference did not have a finalist for the award, which goes to the top running back in college football, last season, as winner Andre Williams of Boston College and finalists Ka'Deem Carey (Arizona) and Bishop Sankey (Washington) hailed from the ACC and Pac-12. And of the 10 semifinalists, only Auburn's Tre Mason and South Carolina's Mike Davis came from the SEC.

That could easily change this season since the league is brimming with star-caliber tailbacks, as evidenced by the 11 SEC backs on the Doak Walker watch list, led by the two players whom the media selected to its preseason All-SEC first team this week at media days: Todd Gurley of Georgia and T.J. Yeldon of Alabama.

Here is the full list of 11 SEC candidates out of the 53 total players on the watch list:

Tra Carson, Texas A&M

Alex Collins, Arkansas

Mike Davis, South Carolina

Todd Gurley, Georgia

Derrick Henry, Alabama

Terrence Magee, LSU

Josh Robinson, Mississippi State

Kelvin Taylor, Florida

Jonathan Williams, Arkansas

Trey Williams, Texas A&M

T.J. Yeldon, Alabama