Make that record-obliterating pace.San Jose State's senior tailback is averaging 160.2 rushing yards through five games. If he keeps it up, Ervin will zoom past Deonce Whitaker's single-season school record.Fifteen years ago, Whitaker dashed and darted for 1,577 yards. Ervin is on pace for 1,922. To pass Whitaker, he must average 111 per game over the final seven games.Ervin is on near-record pace for rushing attempts. At his current average of 24.4 per game, he will finish four carries behind Sheldon Canley's 1990 school record (296).But that's the rub: Ervin is a whopping 177 pounds -- he's not a prototypical workhorse running back.
San Jose State's Tyler Ervin on record pace
