Georgia is also known as ‘RBU’ and for good reason. The Bulldogs are like a workshop for elite college and NFL running backs.
Guys like Knowshon Moreno, Todd Gurley, Keith Marshall, Sony Michel, Nick Chubb and D’Andre Swift are just some examples of recent Georgia running backs that have either dominated SEC play, or have went on to productive NFL careers
What about the 2021 Georgia Bulldogs?
Things are business as usual in Athens. According to Pro Football Focus, who grades each player on each play in college football, Georgia is returning the highest-graded backfield in all of college football.
The Bulldogs return four running backs who each received a rushing grade of 80 or more this past season. The next closest is Alabama and Texas A&M at two a piece.
#SEC – # of RB's returning with 80.0+ rushing grade:#UGA = 4#Bama and #Aggies = 2
Everyone else = 1 or 0
— Brent Rollins (@PFF_Brent) February 22, 2021
Those Bulldogs are junior Zamir White, junior James Cook, sophomore Kenny McIntosh and freshman Kendall Milton.
White, the leading rusher from a year ago, will most likely be the No. 1 option with Cook, Milton and McIntosh cleaning up the rest of the touches equally. We may even see a second-year surge from Milton, who earned Freshman All-SEC honors and showed flashes of greatness in limited carries before missing time with a minor knee injury. He should be back and ready to go against Clemson in the Sept. 4 season opener.
Here’s a look at each Georgia rusher in 2020 by the numbers:
Zamir ‘Zeus’ White: 10 games played. 144 carries for 779 yards and 11 touchdowns with a 5.4 yards per carry average.
James Cook: Eight games played. 45 carries for 303 yards and three touchdowns with a 6.7 yards per carry average.
Kenny McIntosh: Eight games played. 47 carries for 251 yards with one touchdown and a 5.3 yards per carry average.
Kendall Milton: Seven games played. 35 carries for 193 yards and a 5.5 yards per carry average.
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