At least according to Athlon. Which is a non-Mountain West affiliated publication. You can tell because McNichols is higher on this list than Donnel Pumphrey and Brian Hill. Actually, Hill isn’t even on it.
As you’ll remember, McNichols was not selected to the preseason all conference team, after tying for the national lead in touchdowns, in favor of two running backs whose touchdown numbers have to be combined to even match McNichols’s; Hill and Pumphrey.
Great backs, both. McNichols is just better.
Should be pretty easy. Because it’s now.
Because BJ Rains made that happen.