Provo • Injuries, a suspension, fumbling problems and plain old indecision resulted in seven different players getting starts as BYU’s primary running back last year.
That by-committee approach, intended or not, did not go well. The Cougars finished 104th in the country in rushing offense, gaining just 130.5 yards per game on the ground.
That’s probably why head coach Kalani Sitake seems determined to find a workhorse this season, a guy he can count on for 20 or so carries a game, every game.
“We need to have a guy who is going to be the [clear-cut] starter,” Sitake said after last Thursday’s scrimmage.