In a recent interview with Darren Urban on ArizonaCardinals.com, star running back David Johnson spoke about his familiarity with the shotgun offense and future fit in head coach Kliff Kingsbury’s offense. He noted that he was excited to play, particularly in the shotgun offense, in the interview he said;
I actually love that, I did that in college. That’s all we did in college is the gun, a read-option-type thing. I think it really opens up more space for me and makes me able to read the defense a little bit more.
Although running backs tend to find more success running in a traditional drop-back offense, this shouldn’t come as a surprise for Johnson, Kingsbury, or Cardinals fans.