You know how they say that people have a “type” for dating purposes. Well, Georgia has a “type” for tailbacks. Oh sure, James Cook is a tad smaller and shiftier. Elijah Holyfield was a human bowling ball whose biceps had great triceps.
But by and large the Bulldogs’ stock in trade over the past decade has been biggish tailbacks with great vision and better than expected quickness. Track meet fast players who shouldn’t weigh 220 or more pounds. Todd Gurley. Nick Chubb. Sony Michel. D’Andre Swift.
Zamir White fit that mold coming out of high school, and the hope coming off an injury-free season is that he’ll continue the tradition of jumbo lightning backs in 2020.