No league returned more 1,000-yard rushers than the SEC did this season.
Going into the season, backs such as LSU’s Derrius Guice, Georgia’s Nick Chubb and Auburn’s Kamryn Pettway received the brunt of the attention. Guice, Chubb and Pettway were three of the SEC’s eight returning 1,000-yard rushers from a year ago. Through eight weeks, Chubb and Guice are on pace to have 1,000-yard seasons once again.
But this season, no SEC running back has been better than Alabama’s Damien Harris.