TAMPA — Northwestern has moved running back Solomon Vault to wide receiver for its Outback Bowl matchup with Tennessee.
Vault, who came out of high school as an all-purpose back, spent his true freshman season as a running back, and the majority of his sophomore season in the backfield as well.
However, in an effort to get the ball into Vault's hands more often, Northwestern moved Vault to wide receiver, and the 5-foot-11 sophomore spent all of December practice working as wideout.
Northwestern also needed to get the speedster on the field more in general. Vault was more or less third on Northwestern's running back depth chart, behind star sophomore Justin Jackson and impressive junior Warren Long.