Sentences with phrase «starting tailback»

I realize that in this day and age of economic parity, there is little reason for NFL teams to break down their rosters and build from scratch, but something tells me the alternative to rebuilding should never include hiring Norv Turner as your head coach and parading Tyrone Wheatley out as your starting tailback.

Sophomore Lydell Ross, who rushed for 419 yards and six touchdowns last season, had been the favorite to win the starting tailback job outright.

Applewhite, who was the quarterback last season when Kareem Walker was De Paul Catholic's starting tailback, told Diehard Sport that he hears from the early enrollee about Michigan.

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The night's biggest revelation, however, was sophomore running back Derrick Washington, who dazzled in his first career start with 130 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries, a performance that suddenly has Columbia buzzing that he may be Missouri's most gifted tailback since James Wilder.

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.

«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.

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

«He made his peace and moved on,» says Bob's son, Nathan, a junior tailback who starts for the Cowboys.

After finishing last season with 753 - yards and six - touchdowns, Jim Harbaugh says that junior tailback De'Veon Smith will get the starting nod this...

In fact, by the start of the fourth quarter Joe and Cecil had become enraptured with SMU's blazing - fast sophomore, Tailback John Roderick, whose running was exciting them more than the passing of Navy's Roger Staubach.

He has started 10 career contests at fullback, and has carried the ball 12 times for 90 yards in addition to being the lead blocker for Michigan's tailbacks.

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.

UCLA will have to replace three starting offensive linemen as well as tailback Paul Perkins, who ran for 1,343 yards with 14 touchdowns this past season.

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