Rocket Sanders was basically benched in the middle of Arkansas’ game against BYU. It was unclear whether coach Sam Pittman would call it a benching, but he went a couple of series without his leading rusher on the field.
Fumbles were the likely issue for Sanders, the SEC’s leading rusher. But early in the fourth quarter, the man called Rocket was back on the field and on the second play of Arkansas’ first drive of the quarter he went 68 yards to give Arkansas a three-score lead, 52-35, with 14:20 left.
Sanders had a career-high168 yards on just 14 carries to that point with two touchdowns after he opened the Arkansas scoring in the first quarter. He entered as the ninth leading rusher in FBS, averaging 116 yards a game.
Arkansas had scored on eight straight drives dating back to the first quarter. Only one of those was a field goal as Sanders’ quarterback, KJ Jefferson, set a career high with five touchdown passes to that point.
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