CHARLESTON, S.C. – Southeast Missouri junior DeMichael Jackson was selected to the 2014 College Football Performance Awards Running Back Award Watch List.

The initial watch list includes 38 returning performers, vying for the top running back award in the Football Championship Subdivision. All players are eligible for awards at their respective positions; players are not preemptively eliminated from consideration.

A native of Louisville, Ky., Jackson appeared in 12 games and made nine starts last season. He led Southeast in rushing with 977 yards and four touchdowns on 170 carries, averaging 5.7 yards per rush. Jackson ran for over 100 yards five times and piled up a season-high 183 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries at Jacksonville State (Nov. 23). He finished the 2013 campaign ranked sixth in the Ohio Valley Conference in rushing (81.4 ypg) and second on the team in both total offense (977 yds) and all-purpose yardage (1,012).

The goal of College Football Performance Awards is to provide the most scientifically rigorous conferments in college football. Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams. Twenty-eight CFPA winners have been first-round NFL Draft selections.
 
CFPA is now in its seventh season of recognition, utilizing objective rankings of player and team performance from its data index since 2008.
 
Last season, Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston earned the CFPA National Performer of the Year Trophy for the FBS, while Eastern Washington quarterback Vernon Adams earned the CFPA FCS National Performer of the Year Trophy. 
 
CFPA Trophy winner and former South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney was the first overall selection in the 2014 NFL Draft.

The full list of 2014 CFPA winners will be announced January 14, 2015.

2014 CFPA Running Back Award Watch List