After a shortened season capped by a Citrus Bowl victory, our postseason coverage continues by handing out grades and taking a look at what’s to come in the fall. We’ll evaluate each position group and discuss how well they performed, as well as what the future might hold. We did the quarterbacks on Sunday. Here are the running backs.

Overall Grade: B

Northwestern brought back plenty of production from a season in which they rushed the ball okay. But the ground game under Mike Bajakian played Jekyll and Hyde. It rolled over Maryland and Illinois but struggled most of the rest of the year.