A long time ago I pondered out loud, “does the Drinkwitz offense make NFL-caliber running backs out of anybody or is he just good at finding NFL-caliber running backs to fit in his offense?”.
After watching Rountree in ‘20 and Badie in ‘21, I was convinced it was scheme. After watching Schrader and Peat in ‘22, I thought it might be the player. After watching Schrader in ‘23... man I don’t even know anymore.
But I do know that another unheralded player coming of high school will get a crack at adding a data point to the “scheme vs.