In a possible preview of the Heisman Trophy ceremony Saturday, Alabama running back Derrick Henry beat out Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey for a major award.

Voters named Henry the Doak Walker Award winner as the nation’s best running back a short time after he earned the Walter Camp Award as college football’s player of the year.

Henry, who ran for a touchdown in every Alabama game this season, surpassed LSU’s Leonard Fournette in the minds of many voters and media analysts during their head-to-head showdown on Nov. 8. Henry ran for 210 yards in the Tide win, while Bama held Fournette to 31 yards on 19 carries, effectively ending his Heisman Trophy campaign.

2015 DOAK WALKER AWARD FINALISTS

DERRICK HENRY

2015 stats: 339 carries, 1,986 rushing yards, 23 rushing touchdowns

On the cusp of the 25th 2,000-yard rushing season in college football history, Henry also is 46 carries away from cracking the top 10 all-time in single-season workload. If Alabama wins its College Football Playoff semifinal game against Michigan State, that should be a given.

CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY, STANFORD

2015 stats: 1,847 rushing yards, 540 receiving yards, 1,042 kickoff return yards, 13 total touchdowns

McCaffrey broke Barry Saunders’ FBS single-season all-purpose record by pinning more than 400 yards on USC during the Pac-12 championship game. Though his numbers have been similar to Fournette and Henry all season — outside of his relatively low touchdown figure — he hasn’t gotten the same national recognition.

LEONARD FOURNETTE, LSU

2015 stats: 1,950 total yards of offense in 11 games, 18 rushing touchdowns

The Alabama game tanked Fournette’s season. In his final three games, he amassed 509 total yards against some pretty good defenses. Earlier in the season, that sort of production made him the Heisman Trophy favorite. Late in the season, paired with a 1-3 finish, it seemed to perpetuate an “overrated” label. Is it possible that we’ve now underappreciated his season because of one performance against the nation’s best front seven?