After eclipsing 1,000 yards rushing as a rising freshman, former 5-star Cam Akers was set for a breakout sophomore season in 2018. As we know, 2018 didn’t go as planned in more ways than one, and despite looking more comfortable towards the end of the season and finishing with respectable numbers, it was an underwhelming year for Akers and the running game as a whole.
A lot of the struggles in the running game can be attributed to well documented offensive line struggles, but Akers also revealed that he played through an ankle sprain much of last year.