BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State's rushing average is anything but pedestrian.
With the offensive line, tight ends and receivers blocking for App State's running backs and quarterbacks, the Mountaineers rank No. 2 nationally at 6.5 yards per carry. Only Memphis, at 7.3 yards, is ahead of Appalachian.
Individual success is part of the bigger picture, as running backs Jalin Moore, D'Andre Hicks, Marcus Williams Jr. and Darrynton Evans are all averaging at least 6.6 yards per carry. Moore has rushed for 242 yards on 27 attempts in his last four quarters of work — he had 119 yards in one quarter against Gardner-Webb and 123 yards in three quarters against South Alabama — to increase his season average to 6.