For the fifth time on Saturday, Nick Fitzgerald and Aeris Williams both rushed for over 100 yards in the same game. And considering the juniors just became starters last season, with Williams only becoming the “starting” running back near the end of the 2016 season, the quarterback-running back tandem is even more impressive. With the two talented runners, MSU has one of the most effective backfields in the country. However, it’s not just that they’re both good. It’s that they’re different.
In Dan Mullen’s time as a college football coach, his offenses have featured some of the greatest rushing duos college football has seen the last decade.