It is understandable why Chez Mellusi decided to place his name in the transfer portal on Monday. There is only one football, and it was going to be really hard for new running backs coach C.J. Spiller to find a way to get the football in the hands of seven different running backs.
Even with Mellusi heading off to a new team, the Tigers still have six running backs on the depth chart. Lyn-J Dixon and Kobe Pace left the spring as presumably No. 1 and No. 2 on the depth chart, followed by freshmen Phil Mafah and Will Shipley.