Blankenship has one more year, Zwinak and Weisman have 2, hopefully they both can be feature backs next year, does anybody know of some up and comers besides them?
Manfro
might get significant carries in a rotation. But I'm guessing he'll be the odd man out at UCLA. He'll start Spring Ball as #3 on the depth chart behind a junior and a fellow sophomore. And, to be honest, he needs to work on his hands a bit.
With Skip Holtz being hired at La Tech, I think it's safe to say that Hunter Lee's career as a runningback are over.
Cam McDaniel
should be #2 on the depth chart at Notre Dame, since he was fourth in carries this season and they graduate their #1 and #2. I just don't see it happening with Kelly as Head Coach, though.
Caleb Muncrief will be fighting for third team carries at Oklahoma State, but I like his chances.
Brice Dolezal will enter Spring ball at #3 at TAMU. But... a white running quarterback and a white runningback playing for a black head coach in the SEC? You must be insane if you think this will happen for very many snaps during the season.
Unless I'm mistaken, Hunter Furr has one more season of eligibility left. He will enter the Spring as the #3 returning ball carrier, and, considering how the rest of his career has gone, I imagine he will exit the Spring as the #5 runningback on the roster.
Trumpy's numbers probably won't change, even though I believe he would be Northwestern's best option at runningback. But, since neither Marc nor Colter are graduating, he will continue to lose carries to both of them.
Jeff Woody played his best over the second half of the season for Iowa State. And he'll be a senior. So his carries ought to increase next season. Not exactly an "up and comer", but anything positive for white runningbacks is noteworthy, in my opinion.
Brandon Miller will be a senior for Wyoming. He was their #2 runningback last season, although they sling it around a lot (and run from the QB position). He should continue to contribute heavily in 2013.
Max DeLorenzo was UConn's #2 runningback in 2012. Unfortunately, he's behind a player who will still have two more years of eligibility left, and the Huskies don't give him a breather very often. Unlike others on this forum, I have no problems with hoping for an injury to a negro in order for one of ours to get playing time.
