He’s a first down, all by himself.
And then some.
Not many University of New Mexico running backs have made a splashier start than Daryl Chestnut’s debut Saturday in the Lobos’ 66-0 rout of Mississippi Valley State.
His football history suggests there are more splashes where those came from.
Saturday:Tulsa at New Mexico, 6 p.m., 770 AM, espn3.com
Chestnut, a 5-foot-8, 188-pound sophomore transfer from Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College, scored a touchdown against MVSU on his first carry as a Lobo. Darting through a huge hole in the middle of the Delta Devils defense, he raced 64 yards untouched to the end zone.