I think it’s safe to say that senior running back Demario Richard was telling the truth when he said he wasn’t himself last season.
After carrying the load as the bell-cow back for the Arizona State Sun Devils in 2015, Richard took a couple steps in the wrong direction last season production-wise, carrying the ball 155 times for 593 yards and three touchdowns. In his absence, fellow senior back Kalen Ballage took the touches and the headlines, leaving Richard as a forgotten man.
This season, it took a bit to get going, but he finally looks like his old self.