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How Chip Lindsey Uses Running Backs in the Passing Game

Related Topics: Running back, Gus Malzahn

One of the major talking points during spring practice was how Auburn’s offense would feature more passes to the running backs. I was curious how big of a change that might be and what type of receiving numbers RBs have put up for Gus Malzahn the past few years. Here’s what it looks like:

If this looks like a screenshot of a poorly designed table off Google Drive because I can’t get the Table function to work how I want in the editor, then you would be correct...

Last season was actually the most receptions a running back has had in Malzahn’s offense since he was named head coach in 2013.