re: RB Recruiting - No Excuse

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Or who do you think they missed on that could have contributed?

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Emmanuel Henderson, Trey Sanders, Camar Wheaton, Roydell Williams, and Jase McClellan were all misses.

Not a single standout in that group. McClellan has been OK. But we are BAMA. We're supposed to have bigtime running backs. This is why the coaches went out and got Gibbs. We used to RECRUIT guys like Gibbs. We used to have at least 2-3 guys on our roster like Gibbs at a time. Case in point, Alvin Kamara transferred because he was stuck behind too many other elite running backs.

Roydell is JAG. His calling card is his physicality but it seems like it's pretty common for one guy to get him to the ground in the open field

Mclellan is good and he's an all around back, he'll play for a long time on sundays.

I want to see Miller get some run. He's a big kid that ran a 10.6 100m in high school. If we'd had anyone worth a shite behind Glen Coffee in 2008 we probably wouldn't have seen a freshman Ingram though. Look at Najee Harris, rode the bench all year and then bailed us out in the Natty with 80+ yards rushing on like 6 carries. We're missing a guy that can pick up 3 yards when the defense knows what's coming, I wouldn't mind seeing if the kid built like an oak stump could be that dude, but I don't watch practice every day day so who knows.

I do know there is precedent for young thoroughbreds sitting the bench at RB for Bama only to bust out at the end and we all look around and ask where TF that guy has been all year. Look at Derrick Henry in the Oklahoma game as another example. It's like if we have adequate enough upperclassmen in that room they are going to play over a more talented true freshman. Don't care about pass catching, pass blocking, or knowing the whole playbook. Sometimes you just stick a kid in and tell him to run off right tackle.

Overall I'm pleased with Gibbs usage though, but i'd like to see some of Roydell's carries go to Miller if I'm being honest, let's see what we've got in him. Shaun Alexander wasn't a great practice player when he was a freshman and it kept him off the field. Then he got in when the lights were on and turned into a prized racehorse

Miller had 4 for 51 against ULM and 9 for 63 against Vandy with the third unit and hasn't touched the football since.

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Love his effort. But sometimes he kinda tackles himself.

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Yep. Roydell has tripped over his own feet a few too many times. Some young players get too excited out there and their mind outruns their feet. The game should slow down for him, but it needs to happen soon.

But I don't consider Roydell a disappointment. I don't think he was expected to be an early contributor. He gives good effort and has some good physical tools. I'm glad we have him.

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ChromaticTide

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Idjit. No excuse.

This is the answer that I guess the OP is looking for. Our RB room is absolutely loaded right now, but they can't do anything if they o line doesn't block.

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So your answer to the fact that we dont have a single elite running back on our roster that we recruited, is that we have two highly ranked guys who are supposed to be coming in next year as true freshmen?

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So let me get this straight. You got so upset with our running game that at 11pm on a Wednesday night, you decided to start a whole thread bitching about basically not having multiple 1,000yd rushers going into game 9 of the season. You ignore the fact that after Gibbs you have two dudes coming off mid/late season ACL tears, a guy that had his pelvis shattered in a car accident where he wasn’t even the one driving, and a freshman that with just 20 touches has 7.3ypc and 2 TDs. You imply this is because of poor recruiting.

Then someone points out we have a stellar RB recruiting class aka we’re fixing the problem you claim exists, you deflect?

Man I hope this is a troll job because if not this is the biggest “bless your heart” I’ve read on here in a while