Too much of a good thing can be a good thing.
For Auburn, that good thing is running backs, and in Gus Malzahn’s run powered offense, too many running backs is a good problem to have.
As spring practice starts, Malzahn said that three running backs (Roc Thomas, Jovon Robinson and Peyton Barber will be vying for the number one spot.
“Those guys will be rotating,” Malzahn said. “We’ll try to put those guys in equal situations with the first line, with the second line and we’ll rotate those guys.”
Malzahn said he is confident that any of the three talented backs can carry the load his offense demands from its backs.
“All three of those guys, we feel like, have a chance to really be good in our system,” Malzahn said. “We’re going to give them an opportunity to show what they can do.We’re going to go live, and those guys are going to get tackled so, we’re going to have a really good evaluation by the end of the spring on all three of the guys.”
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