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Adkins Takes Run At Being Featured Back

BOULDER For one quarter of Colorado’s season opener, running back Michael Adkins II showed the hot hand — and feet — Buff fans have been glimpsing for the past two seasons.

But what Adkins remembers most about the game is the yards he left on the field. Instead of finishing with 90 yards and a pair of touchdowns, he believes he could have surpassed the 100-yard mark in the loss to Hawai’i.

“Some of those runs, I could have gained more yards,” the CU junior said. “I left some yards out on the field.