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Russell Athletic Bowl Preview: Miami Defense vs. WVU Running Game

The Mountainers have the 18th ranked rushing offense in the country with a 239.5 rushing yards per game average. Five players on West Virgina rushed for at least 200 yards this season.

Four of those five averaged at least 4.8 yards per carry. The fifth is Quarterback Skyler Howard. He was sacked 21 times for a loss of 153 yards. On just his rushing attempts, Howard averaged 5.3 yards per attempt.

Howard was second on the team with 400 net yards rushing. Running Back Justin Crawford led the Mountaineers with 1,168 rushing yards and four touchdowns.