Running back will be an interesting group to follow.AstroDin wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:35 amAdding to Jackal's thoughts on Grant…
I don't think we truly know yet the potential a healthy Grant Robinson brings to the table. Before he was injured during the Carolina game Grant showed great speed and shiftiness for a bigger back.
Due to his injury, we didn't see him again till the playoffs—he was a definite problem for the Mocs defense. Against Montana, I'm not sure Grant was playing near 100%.
Furman comes into 2024 with a trio of quality veteran tailbacks, the only concern is when can J Smith return from his knee injury.
We won't know till the pre-season starts… I'm very curious about how quickly Hall and Hester catch on. We saw a pretty immediate impact on the offense with Colton Hinton. Both Hall and Hester are athletic talents - I could see both of them developing into the role Wayne Anderson Jr. has played.
A note; based on his X posts - Hester is serious about his craft. He's continuing to do workouts (privately) on his route running, speed drills, and receiving) it looks like he's serious about competing on day one. Based on interviews and what I've seen from Hall, I believe his mindset will be the same.
Gone are Roberto, Anderson and Huff, who accounted for roughly 350 carries this season.
I suspect bigger workloads for Robinson and Hicks, who have both shown to be big physical backs with that "run angry" makeup. Hopefully Jayquan Smith returns from injury full speed, because he's certainly a talented back as well.
I doubt we'll see any of the QBs this next year run the 100+ times that we saw with Tyler Huff this past season.
We may throw it more, but those 350ish carries are going to have to be distributed among guys we haven't seen a lot of.
