BALTIMORE, Md. – Morgan State junior running back Herb Walker Jr., who finished 22^nd in last year's Walter Payton Award voting, will be a candidate for the FCS Offensive Player of the Year as STATS has announced its 2015 22-man watch list for the nation's top offensive performers.
 
The Cleveland, Ohio native had one of the best offensive seasons in school history as he helped lead the Bears to its first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship since 1979, and its first NCAA Division I Playoff berth.
 
As a sophomore, the Cleveland native set the school's single season rushing record by leading the Bears with 1,408 yards (ranked No. 14 in FCS), scored 15 touchdowns (13 rushing), and was named to the All-MEAC first team. In his first start of the 2014 season against Holy Cross, he carried the ball 20 times for 271 yards (a school single game record) and scored a pair of touchdowns.  
 
He finished the season with five 100-yard rushing games and posted two games with over 200-yards. He was also named to the Walter Payton Award watch list, which is given to the most outstanding player in the FCS.
 
He enters his junior season with 1,798 career-rushing yards, ranking ninth on the school's all-time rushing list. He's on pace to become the school's all-time rushing leader … he's 929 yards behind Ali Culpepper's 2,727 yards.
 
To see the entire STATS FCS Offensive Player of the Year Watch List, click here