UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Miles Sanders was rated the No. 1 all-purpose back in the nation in 2015, during his senior season at Woodland Hills High School.
Even so, he’s never made it above No. 2 on the depth chart during two seasons at Penn State.
It seems the shadow cast by Saquon Barkley is big enough to keep anyone else at the position from commandeering the spotlight.
“Miles has been behind one of the better running backs, if not the best running back and player, in college football,” Nittany Lions coach James Franklin said. “That’s a really good challenge.