We spent all of last offseason discussing how Virginia Tech’s running game needed to get better, and how the running backs needed to have better production in 2018 than they did in 2017. 

Here are the overall team rushing numbers from the last two seasons…

2017: 584 carries, 2,254 yards, 3.9 ypc, 19 TDs
2018: 520 carries, 2,266 yards, 4.4 ypc, 19 TDs

The number of yards are similar, but the Hokies averaged 0.5 yards per carry more this year than they did a year ago.  That’s a significant increase.  That’s mainly due to better running back production.  Let’s compare the numbers of Tech’s running backs from 2017 to the backs in 2018.  First, let’s start with 2017…

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