2016 was a crazy year, at one point we did not have any! Lacy, FAT & INJURED! What could have been! Seemed like a good person, but, loved for more than football & was injured all the time! Starks, was always there, but just got a year older & a step slower. All the run backs, fizzled. Brought in Michaels, he flopped. So, convert Ty Montgomery to a running back - happens every day one the NFL right? NOT!
So, here we go in 2017. We have one running back with experience, a converted running back! Let me VENT a little here --------
THIS IS CRAZY!!!!!
Now, that I got that out of my system, the running backs:
Ty Montgomery - 6'0" - 216 lbs. - Stanford - Year 3
Aaron Jones - 5'10" - 2018 lbs. - Tex-El Paso - Rookie
Devante Mays - 5'10" - 230 lbs. - Utah State - Rookie
Jamaal Williams - 6'0" - 213 lbs - Brigham Young - Rookie
Kalif Phillips - 5'9" - 218 lbs. - Charlotte - Rookie
William Stanback - 6'0" - 231 lbs. - Virginia Union - Rookie
In case, you do not notice, that is a lot of rookies!
THIS IS CRAZY!!!!!
Sorry, venting again! So, what do we have? I know, we have youth!
THIS IS CRAZY!!!!!
Here I go again, I apologize!
William Stanback - 6'0" - 231 lbs. - Virginia Union - Rookie
played in 25 games at the University of Central Florida (2013-15), recording 1,157 rushing yards and 16 TDs on 306 carries (3.8 avg.) while hauling in 27 receptions for 244 yards (9.0 avg.) and three TDs. In 2016, he started six of 10 games played for Virginia Union, earning All-CIAA first-team honors after rushing for 1,299 yards and 15 TDs on 207 carries (6.3 avg.) while also recording 165 yards on 12 receptions (13.8 avg.) with three TDs.
Kalif Phillips - 5'9" - 218 lbs. - Charlotte - Rookie
owns school career records for rushing yards (4,020), touchdowns (43), rushing touchdowns (41) and 100-yard rushing games (15). His 4,020 rushing yards ranked No. 13 among active FBS players at the end of the 2016 season. He was named honorable mention All-Conference USA as a senior and second-team All-Conference USA as a junior.
Jamaal Williams - 6'0" - 213 lbs - Brigham Young - Rookie
Senior Year
- Participated in the 2017 NFL Combine
- Played in the Reese's Senior Bowl
- Rushed for 1,375 yards and 12 touchdowns in just 10 games
- No. 5 nationally in rushing yards per game
- Six games of 100 rushing yards, including five of over 160
- Set the school record in single game rushing yards with 286 yards against Toledo
- Also tied a school record with five touchdowns against the Rockets
- Became the all-time career rushing leader at BYU in the first overtime against Mississippi State with a 9-yard rus, passing Harvey Unga. Finished the year with 3,901 career rushing yards
- Named to SI's 2016 Midseason All-America Second Team
- Eclipsed 1,000 rushing yards at Cincinnati (notched 92) to be the fourth BYU player to have multiple 1,000-yard seasons at BYU after 1,233 in 2013
- Named to Doak Walker Award watch list
Played in six games, making two starts… Rushed for a career-high 208 yards on 18 carries and tied his career-high with three touchdowns on runs of 18, 18 and 66 yards in the season-opener against Weber State (9/1)… His 66-yard touchdown run was a career-long… Those 208 rushing yards are tied for the 19th-most in a single-game in school history… Had eight carries for 24 yards and one reception for eight yards at USC (9/10) before suffering an injury… Played in just four games and carried the ball just 11 times for 27 yards the rest of the season.
Aaron Jones - 5'10" - 2018 lbs. - Tex-El Paso - Rookie
UTEP’s all-time leading rusher (4,114 yards) and ranks seventh on the Conference USA all-time rushing list … broke John Harvey’s 28-year old record after rushing for a program single-season best 1,773 yards (fifth best single-season performance in C-USA history) … set program record by rushing for 100-plus yards in 17 career games … owns program’s longest rushing play (91-yard rushing score at Texas Tech) … 33 rushing touchdowns during career ranks second in program history behind Harvey (42 touchdowns) … registered a program-best 200-plus yards rushing in five career games ... 658 career rush attempts rank third behind Howard Jackson (667) and Harvey (678) … only third Miner ever to produce multiple 1,000-yard seasons … 240 career points (40 total touchdowns) ranks second on non-kickers list behind Harvey (306 points), while ranking third behind Reagan Schneider (287 points) on the program’s overall career points list … 4,760 career all-purpose yards rank no. 2 behind Jackson (6,153 all-purpose yards) … registered 100-plus yards during a single half 13 times during career … recorded 100-plus yards during a single quarter six times during career … produced multiple touchdowns in 14 career games.
Ty Montgomery - 6'0" - 216 lbs. - Stanford - Year 3
Now is without doubt the #1 running back! He has the smarts, the athletic ability & the leadership skills, now is he an NFL running back yjat can play on a Super Bowl team?
2015 - 6 games - 3 rushes for 14 yards & 0 TD's / 15 receptions 136 yards & 2 TD's
2016 - 15 games - 77 rushes for 457 yards & 3 TD's / 44 receptions 348 yards & 0 TD's
- Played in six games with three starts as a rookie in 2015 before an ankle injury that he sustained in Week 6 vs. San Diego would sideline him for the remainder of the season.
- Caught 15 passes for 136 yards (9.1 avg.) and two TDs and posted a 31.1-yard average on seven kickoff returns. Also rushed for 14 yards on three carries (4.7 avg.) last season.
- Was drafted by Green Bay in the third round of the 2015 NFL Draft with the No. 94 overall selection, the first WR from Stanford to be picked by the Packers since James Lofton in 1978 (first round, No. 6 overall).
What do you see? I see, UH-OH. Ted Thompson? What was Ted doing? Why not find, one, just one, free agent with a little experience? What can we hope for?
Ty Montgomery will run for 1000 yards, and catch 25-30 passes for another 500 yards & say 8-10 TD's. And, like I have be saying, let Aaron chuck the football!
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