He’s not Donnel Pumphrey or Jeremy McNichols, but UNLV made UNR’s James Butler look like the best running back in the Mountain West on Saturday.
The 5-foot-9-inch, 210-pound junior ran roughshod from the get-go and compiled 196 yards rushing, 48 receiving and four touchdowns as the Wolf Pack regained the Fremont Cannon with an impressive 45-10 win at Sam Boyd Stadium.
“All credit to the O-line,” Butler said. “They made my job easy with all the holes they opened up for me. I just ran through them.”
By the time Butler found himself wrapped up by red jerseys, he already had inflicted his damage.