OWH: Husker Back Look to Improve Run Game

[Mavric]

Any of the three could be the No. 1 guy. That’s maybe a good thing — competition could push that trio to a new level of excellence. Maybe it’s a concern, too, since all three have been on campus long enough to distinguish themselves as “the guy” and none has done it yet.

 

The quicker those three reach the level of even Terrell Newby — who took 48.5 percent of the running back carries in 2015 and 2016 — the better.

 

That means improving everything — patience, vision, knowledge of the playbook and breaking tackles at the second level, where linebackers and safeties roam.

 

“We’ve all talked as backs — we know we have a different kind of quarterback, one who’s going to throw the ball more, so if we want more carries, we’ve got to produce more with the carries we get,” Ozigbo said.

 

OWH

[NUance]

More than 2016, for starters. NU averaged 4.2 yards per carry — and that was with quarterback Tommy Armstrong averaging 4.53 yards himself. The top four backs — Newby, Ozigbo, Bryant and Wilbon — averaged 4.49 yards per carry.

In 2015, the top four backs — Newby, Imani Cross, Ozigbo and Andy Janovich — averaged 4.98 yards.

In 2014, the top four backs — Abdullah, Cross, Newby and Jordan Nelson — averaged 5.65 yards.

 

 

Come on, Sam. You can't hold this conversation without talking about the O-line too. A big part of those ypc stats depends on who is up front blocking. Or not.

[Making Chimichangas]

 

More than 2016, for starters. NU averaged 4.2 yards per carry — and that was with quarterback Tommy Armstrong averaging 4.53 yards himself. The top four backs — Newby, Ozigbo, Bryant and Wilbon — averaged 4.49 yards per carry.

In 2015, the top four backs — Newby, Imani Cross, Ozigbo and Andy Janovich — averaged 4.98 yards.

In 2014, the top four backs — Abdullah, Cross, Newby and Jordan Nelson — averaged 5.65 yards.

 

 

Come on, Sam. You can't hold this conversation without talking about the O-line too. A big part of those ypc stats depends on who is up front blocking. Or not.

 

Yeah talking about RBs and their yards per carry average over three seasons, without any context of the OL,

 

who the starters were

number of starts and experience

injuries which limit cohesion, etc

 

Seems pretty, I don't know, one-sided, maybe?