Provo • BYU’s leading ballcarrier the past four games has been Matt Hadley, a senior who only started playing running back a few weeks before that and spent the majority of his injury-riddled career playing safety, linebacker and returning kickoffs.
No offense to the versatile and ever-willing Hadley, but his 44 carries for 264 yards and two touchdowns in the wins over Hawaii and UMass and losses to Boise State and Northern Illinois is an indication that BYU’s recruiting to that all-important position in college football has not been great.
It should also be noted that two running backs who were ahead of Hadley on the depth chart when he made the move over to offense after the Utah State game — senior Squally Canada and freshman Lopini Katoa — have missed big chunks of games due to injuries the past month or so.