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Gophers running back Mohamed Ibrahim has had Rodney Smith speaking into one ear, Shannon Brooks in the other, and Kobe McCrary sending text messages and telephoning from afar.
All three of Minnesota's top rushers last year are doing all they can to help Ibrahim, this year's starter, navigate his redshirt freshman season.
"Rodney has always been watching film with me and teaching me techniques. Always in my head," Ibrahim said. "He is the mental part. Shannon is always the physical part. He tells me to keep it going in practice because I get a lot of reps."
Ibrahim finds himself in this leading role after McCrary graduated, Brooks tore the anterior cruciate ligament last winter, and Smith tore his ACL in the second game this year.
Ibrahim has 48 carries for 258 yards (5.4 per carry) in three games. He was the backup to Smith out of training camp and showed why with a 74-yard run in the 48-10 win over New Mexico State in the season opener.
But he was hurt on the play and missed the next two games, with Bryce Williams leading the way in two other nonconfernece wins. Then Ibrahim, of Onley, Md., returned to start both Big Ten games, including in front of 60 family and friends in the 42-13 loss at Maryland.
Brooks will soon be able to add a backfield boost. The senior, who will redshirt and play in only four games under the NCAA's new rule, has been participating in some contact drills during practice.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sp...rying-gophers-ground-game-shannon-brooks-deck
Go Gophers!!
Gophers running back Mohamed Ibrahim has had Rodney Smith speaking into one ear, Shannon Brooks in the other, and Kobe McCrary sending text messages and telephoning from afar.
All three of Minnesota's top rushers last year are doing all they can to help Ibrahim, this year's starter, navigate his redshirt freshman season.
"Rodney has always been watching film with me and teaching me techniques. Always in my head," Ibrahim said. "He is the mental part. Shannon is always the physical part. He tells me to keep it going in practice because I get a lot of reps."
Ibrahim finds himself in this leading role after McCrary graduated, Brooks tore the anterior cruciate ligament last winter, and Smith tore his ACL in the second game this year.
Ibrahim has 48 carries for 258 yards (5.4 per carry) in three games. He was the backup to Smith out of training camp and showed why with a 74-yard run in the 48-10 win over New Mexico State in the season opener.
But he was hurt on the play and missed the next two games, with Bryce Williams leading the way in two other nonconfernece wins. Then Ibrahim, of Onley, Md., returned to start both Big Ten games, including in front of 60 family and friends in the 42-13 loss at Maryland.
Brooks will soon be able to add a backfield boost. The senior, who will redshirt and play in only four games under the NCAA's new rule, has been participating in some contact drills during practice.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sp...rying-gophers-ground-game-shannon-brooks-deck
Go Gophers!!