There are several ways one can do positional previews as you near the season. My favorite way is to take a look at the positional group form 2015, compare it to this year's group and decided if this is an upgrade or a downgrade? Everyone is filled with optimism at this point every year but we have to try (TRY) to be a little objective to see if the optimism is warranted or not.
Going into the 2015 season Rodrick Williams was expected to be your lead back but the senior was quickly passed on the depth chart by a couple of freshman backs who have Gopher fans pretty excited about the next few years at tailback.