re: Are college RB's in mortal danger from over-carriage?

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I would think that these stats above, combined with a team's ability to have two superstar backs at the same time would be a chance to recruit AGAINST teams like LSU and Georgia who like to run their backs like 500 times a year.

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Fournette is not a normal occurrence.

2014: most carries was by Fournette at 187
2013: Jeremy Hill had 203
2012: Jeremy Hill had 142
2011: Michael Ford had 127
2010: Stevan Ridley had 249
2009: Charles Scott had 116
2008: Charles Scott had 217
2007: Jacob Hester had 225
2006: Jacob Hester had 94
2005: Joseph Addai had 187

So prior to last season, LSU's leading carrier has averaged 179 carries during Miles' tenure. That's about 60% of what Fournette carried last year. Only four other times in Miles' 11 seasons as HC has LSU even had a RB with over 200 carries in a season. Fournette is just a special talent, but Miles has been pretty well known for running 3 and 4 running backs every game.