Entering the 2016 season, Kentucky’s talented groups of running backs have received praise from a variety of media outlets, consistently ranked in the top five of the SEC.
It makes sense when you look at individual talent, but on paper, it really doesn’t. In 2015 Kentucky ranked 57th in rushing yards per game, 87th in 2014.
If these running backs are so talented, why haven’t they produced impressive numbers? Simply put, they have not been put in situations to succeed.
Over the last two years, three running backs received the majority of the carries. All three averaged around five yards per carry, putting them near the Top 100 in the nation, yet their carries were never consistent.