John Shoop, Part V: Grinding Forward
Posted Jan 22, 2010
The news wasn’t all bad for the 2009 UNC offense. The running back tandem of Shaun Draughn and Ryan Houston combined for an improvement from the year before. The UNC running game went from 122.6 yards-per-game and 3.53 yards-per-carry in 2008, to 132.9 yards-per-game and 3.62 yards-per-carry last season. Modest improvement, to be sure, but improvement nonetheless.
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