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per FSN:
Only four running backs in Division I football have tallied more carries than the 124 rushes that Cobb has to this point, and all four of them -- Buffalo's Anthone Taylor (159 carries), Pitt's James Conner (156), Jay Ajayi (142) of Boise State and Nebraska star Ameer Abdullah (138) -- have done so in one more game than Cobb. Averaging 24.8 carries per game, Cobb has been the third-busiest back in the nation behind Taylor (26.5) and Conner (26).
The increased workload doesn't seem to be bothering Cobb one bit. In fact, he's relishing his role as Minnesota's every-down back.
"I haven't played that much, so I'm kind of fresh still," said Cobb, a senior who didn't start until midway through his junior season. "It's not so much the carries. Sometimes I don't get touched until I reach the safety. At 30 carries, I'm not really getting banged up until about 10 of them."
It's true that Cobb was underutilized during his first two years on campus. As a freshman in 2011 he played in just three games and finished the year with a mere 10 carries. His sophomore year was even less busy. One carry for eight yards was all he had to his name during the 2012 season.
http://www.foxsports.com/north/story/despite-heavy-workload-gophers-cobb-continues-to-produce-100614
Go Gophers!!
Only four running backs in Division I football have tallied more carries than the 124 rushes that Cobb has to this point, and all four of them -- Buffalo's Anthone Taylor (159 carries), Pitt's James Conner (156), Jay Ajayi (142) of Boise State and Nebraska star Ameer Abdullah (138) -- have done so in one more game than Cobb. Averaging 24.8 carries per game, Cobb has been the third-busiest back in the nation behind Taylor (26.5) and Conner (26).
The increased workload doesn't seem to be bothering Cobb one bit. In fact, he's relishing his role as Minnesota's every-down back.
"I haven't played that much, so I'm kind of fresh still," said Cobb, a senior who didn't start until midway through his junior season. "It's not so much the carries. Sometimes I don't get touched until I reach the safety. At 30 carries, I'm not really getting banged up until about 10 of them."
It's true that Cobb was underutilized during his first two years on campus. As a freshman in 2011 he played in just three games and finished the year with a mere 10 carries. His sophomore year was even less busy. One carry for eight yards was all he had to his name during the 2012 season.
http://www.foxsports.com/north/story/despite-heavy-workload-gophers-cobb-continues-to-produce-100614
Go Gophers!!
