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It will likely be a sophomore, imo. Most likely Landon Stiltner, he has a history of leg injuries though so I don’t for see him being a 15-20 carry per game back. Another sophomore, Landon Bloss, is a strong running kid that will see some Carries. Shannon Marushi has bounced between FB and being a lineman his whole career. But has slimmed down and sped up so I could see him being used at F a lot as well. It will be more by committee this year than in years passed, imo. Stiltner is a very strong and downhill runner with consistent 4.4 speed.

We will need to spread the ball around with the intermediate passing game this year, imo though. We will have to make teams play balanced defensively. I just don’t think we have a kid yet that can handle 15 rushes a game against a 8 man box.

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Truth be told there are still a lot of unknowns. We will be young, or atleast new at a lot of positions. But, I am carefully optimistic because this sophomore group has alot of talent and we have made major strides in the speed development in the offseason program. Growing pains are expected, the schedule is brutal early on. But if we can stay healthy, I’m not sold on anyone not named Pikeville being that much better than the Rams will be in 1A.