Salt Lake Tribune · Aug 22, 2019
Red All Over: ESPN quantifies Utah running back Zack Moss’ value, and it’s high
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Utes running back Zack Moss (2) runs the ball as the University of Utah hosts Washington at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Saturday Sept. 15, 2018.Utah’s Zack Moss is the most valuable running back who’s returning to college football in 2019, according to an ESPN analysis.
The Utes went 3-2 in the games Moss missed last season — beating Oregon, Colorado and BYU and losing to Washington and Northwestern. His absence was noticeable, based on ESPN’s formula that “quite simply tries to measure the effect of each player on every play.” That includes pass protection, in the case of a running back.