re: Mike Davis The Class Of SEC RBs In 2013

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He doesn't have the stable of backs to share carries with that other teams have.

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Most SEC schools don't either...they have at most a primary secondary RB to share carries with, with the #3, #4, etc. backs mainly getting mop-up carries...

Davis is not a Lattimore where he gets 25-30 carries per game (Lattimore didn't get those either, but that's another topic). He is averaging 18 carries per game through 5 games, compared to Gurley averaging 17.8 carries per game through 4. That includes the LSU game where Gurley got injured early on and only had 8 carries for that game.

The other teams that those RBs that Davis is being compared with also don't have QBs that are rushing with the ball as much as USC does with Shaw. Both Shaw and Wilds have as many carries on the season as Davis does, and are averaging a combined 91 ypg rushing, in addition to what Davis produces...

Davis also has twice as many rushing TDs in 5 games than Gurley has in 4. Marshall only had 1 rushing TD thus far, so he wasn't taking scores away from Gurley. Both Shaw and Wilds have 1 rushing TD each...