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Eno Benjamin determined to keep 'lost art' of running back alive at ASU

Eno Benjamin wasted no time announcing his arrival as Arizona State's feature running back.

The sophomore is No. 21 nationally off his 131-yard showing last week against Texas-San Antonio, almost equaling his entire rushing total (142) as a true freshman backup to Demario Richard and Kalen Ballage.

"He's one of those backs that gets stronger as the game goes on so we were trying to let him establish himself as our feature back," ASU offensive coordinator Rob Likens said Tuesday. "Then we brought in Isaiah (Floyd) when we tired him down a little bit and that worked out really well.