Sentences with phrase «of tailbacks»

But it is not as if defensive coordinator Mike Stoops and the Sooner defense hasn't seen those sorts of tailbacks before, fam.

Meyer was so underwhelmed by the performance of his tailbacks in2005 — at the start of spring ball he would describe their collective efforts as «trash» — that he threatened to go to an offense that didn't useone.

In terms of being a pure runner and nothing else, one could count only a handful of tailbacks that are legitimately better than Howard.

The two teams who met in Super Bowl 52 featured deep stables of tailbacks who can have a measured impact both on the ground and through the air.

SMU has a pair of tailbacks who could make Pony fans forget Eric Dickerson and Craig James.

The offense will be hurt by the loss of tailback Leeland McElroy but will recover much faster if new quarterback Branndon Stewart (page 82), the highly touted transfer from Tennessee, lives up to expectations.

Or maybe that's how they plan to use him out of the tailback spot?

For the first time ever, step up as the lead blocker to create a hole, and then take control of the tailback and

Not exact matches

Archer made his debut a successful one with a 17 - 3 defeat of A & M, whose 14 - game home - winning streak was trampled on by tailback Harvey Williams, a sophomore who provided nearly half the Tigers» offense.

Washington, a tailback at Gavilan Community College, rushed for 3,565 yards in two seasons, second in junior college history to Clyde Russell of Garden City (Kan.) Community College, who amassed 3,676 yards in 1971 - 72.

By then many of the region's prominent schools had homed in on other tailbacks, so Tomlinson went to TCU in Fort Worth, where in his sophomore season new coach Dennis Franchione moved him from starting halfback to starting fullback to backup halfback.

ALIJAH VERA - TUCKER Bishop O'Dowd - Oakland — Football — Senior USC - bound OL was the personal pilot car for sophomore tailback Austin Jones, who rushed for just shy of 2,000 yards and 27 TDs for the 15 - win, CIF Div.

It was true: Russell White, the pudgy, former Cal tailback and 1993 third - round draft choice of the Los Angeles Rams, who reported to camp looking like the Nutty Professor, had been waived that morning.

Zook, who was named as Steve Spurrier's replacement at Florida on Jan. 9, did well to sign highly regarded players like quarterback Gavin Dickey of Tallahassee's Lincoln High and tailback DeShawn Wynn of Reading High in Cincinnati.

The gravy train of talent that came out of Dallas's Carter High in the last 15 years — including linebacker Jesse Armstead (Miami), cornerback Clifton Abraham (Florida State), tailbacks Darren Lewis and Greg Hill (both Texas A&M)-- bypassed Texas.

UCLA major assets are Linebacker Mike Ballou, a good group of runners headed by Tailback Greg Jones and a delightful first - half schedule: once by this week's opener against Oregon State the Bruins meet four teams that won a total of five games in» 68.

In a 9 - 0 victory over Ohio Wesleyan in 1979, Denison Quarterback John Parsons put on a remarkable display of self - effacement and / or masochism when he called Little All - America Tailback Clay Sampson's number an Ohio Athletic Conference - record 54 times.

Moreover, it's the victim of its own catch - 22 syndrome: Because the formation isn't used at the highest levels, it's rarely used at the lower levels, which makes potential single - wing specialists, notably tailbacks and centers, almost impossible to find and assess.

One of the top recruits coming out of high school in 2013, the redshirt junior tailback should be in for a big year.

A year of probation also nixes bowl bids and a shot at the conference title, but the real penalty is that only ticket holders will get to watch sophomore tailback Leeland McElroy.

Most of the great players one hears about from the old days — Jim Thorpe, George Gipp, Tom Harmon, Doak Walker, et al., the legendary «triple threats» — were tailbacks.

He calls all the plays so that the star of the show, the tailback, won't feel guilty about dominating the offense.

«When we got to the line of scrimmage, the ref hadn't signaled for play to start,» recalls Reggie Bush, the Trojans» all - galaxy tailback.

As a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers he was the last NFL tailback to take a snap in the single wing.

The best of the runners is Tailback Jim Kiick (pronounced Kick), the Most Valuable Player in Wyoming's 28 - 20 win over Florida State in the Sun Bowl.

Wyoming's 96 - man spring roster included only eight home - state boys, but there were lots of New Jersey tailbacks, Minnesota tackles, Pennsylvania safeties and Massachusetts ends.

He was big and fast, a thrilling open - field runner, a triple - threat tailback in the single - wing formation of the day.

Florida State tailback Dalvin Cook's Miami Central High team pounded Boynton Beach 55 — 37 in the first round of the Class 6A playoffs in 2013.

Said senior tailback Cory Sheridan, «What other team in the country, at any level, can boast of that?»

Tom Williams, a fullback, Dave Hampton, a tailback - fullback and Hub Lindsey, a wing - back, round out a group of what Eaton calls «some of the better running backs in my 10 years at Wyoming.»

Directed by John Shaffer, a lightly regarded QB despite the fact that he had lost only one start since junior high, in the Orange Bowl, the offense relied heavily on a squad of five running backs, headlined by senior tailback D.J. Dozier.

It's one thing for an offensive lineman to stay down on the campus feedlot, beefing up for a pro career, quite another for a tailback to risk million - dollar legs for the sake of another varsity letter.

The tailback follows him and cuts up inside of his block between the fullback and the offensive tackle, who is now blocking down on the left defensive tackle as we look at it.

# 14 Charlie (Choo - Choo) Justice ASHEVILLE As senior tailback at Lee Edwards High led offense that outscored opposition 400 - 6; at UNC from 1946 to»49 racked up then NCAA - record 4,883 yards of total offense.

«When a guy's just hanging out and dishing it out and not making bad decisions,» says sophomore tailback Lorenzo Booker, «that can't help but relax the rest of us.»

The hard sell for Heisman hopefuls has begun: Virginia has mailed out 800 orange highlighters bearing the name of senior tailback Tiki Barber, and San Diego State has set up a Web site for senior tailback George Jones.

Atlanta's tailbacks are very much products of the Ryan to Julio Jones passing game and the Denver-esque zone blocking system that Shanahan put in.

Parker, a triple - threat All - America tailback at Duke, was elected to both the college and pro football Halls of Fame.

And finally, the former star Michigan tailback shared a bible verse likely about Isaiah Wilson ahead of Friday's announcement:

Has Auburn produced a single good NFL RB since they abandoned their I - formation / pro-style offense that produced a long line of good NFL tailbacks for decades and switched to the Malzahn offense?

Tressel plans to use all four of his runners this fall; to that end he has installed a splitback set that employs two tailbacks at a time.

«It's not like a tailback, if he starts, is going to have the job after the third play of the game,» Tressel says.

Due largely to the big, alert Baylor line, which outweighed the Vols by 16 pounds per man, the Bears spent the afternoon smothering Tennessee's tricky, single - wing attack (a form of offense Baylor had never seen) before Tennessee could spring All - America Tailback John Majors for any costly gains.

Eight Buckeyes tailbacks have been selected in the last 10 NFL drafts, including Jonathan Wells, a fourth - round pick of the Texans last month.

In the opening scene it appeared that USC would move through Alabama routinely — Hertel hurling the ball, Fullback Mosi Tatupu bursting up the middle and Charles White rolling up the yardage that seems to be the divine right of Trojan tailbacks.

25 Southern Connecticut 8 - 2 — 17 Senior Rashaan Dumas (4,085 career yards, 55 TDs) is one of the nation's premier tailbacks

With the emergence of senior tailback Kobi Buckley, there's less need for Simmons to be the rushing threat he was a year ago when he nearly reached 1,000 yards.

The Hurricanes won by putting the ball in the hands of junior tailback Tyrone Moss, who rushed for 139 yards and three touchdowns, including the game - winning 25 - yard score.

«The whole problem is that no one understands us,» said Joe Williams, the Wyoming tailback and one of the team's three captains before he became one of the exiled 14.

Seizing on two rare Penn State mistakes — a fumble by tailback Ki - Jana Carter and an interception of Collins — the Illini's usually inconsistent offense ran out to a 21 - 0 lead in the first quarter.