With the main two rushers, Jahmyr Gibbs and Jase McClellan attacking defenses in different ways, along with dashes of freshman Jamarion Miller, Alabama is the seventh-best rushing team in the
That’s about 100 yards more than last year’s team. The No. 1 Tide currently leads the country in yards per carry with no rusher averaging more than 76 yards a contest. Yet, if you take out the Tide’s seven rushes of 40-plus yards , Alabama’s yards per attempt drops to 4.8, which would be tied for 17th.
The team posted a season-high 317 rushing yards and five touchdowns against the Razorbacks with Bryce Young’s Heisman Award-winning arm sidelined for the second half. And with his status unclear, expect more handoffs from offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien. “When we ran outside zone, five-man blocks, it’s almost a guaranteed touchdown because they don’t have enough. We have more people to block than they could tackle in the box,” Gibbs said last Saturday at Arkansas.Situation: First-and-10 on the Tide 19-yard line; 11 personnel; tied 3-3 in the first quarter
This is second- and third-stringers against backups in the final minute of a blowout. Regardless, this is designed and executed perfectly. Amari Niblack cuts across the formation, bringing over the linebacker which center Seth McLaughlin can then shove out of the play. Guards Tanner Bowles and Terrance Ferguson turn their assignments toward the sidelines as Miller scores for the second time after shimmying past two defensive backs.
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