(The first of a multi-part series looking at the positional depth chart coming out of spring practice.)
Entering spring practice, the running back position held a unique spot on Notre Dame’s roster. No spot was thinner—with just juniors Tarean Folston and Greg Bryant scholarship players. Yet the duo was also a somewhat proven commodity, a rarity on a roster that relied on a plethora of first-year contributors in 2014.
When Brian Kelly announced C.J. Prosise was cross-training with the running backs, many assumed it was a contingency plan, or at the very least a bridge to the summer when Josh Adams and Dexter Williams hit campus.