The Bulldogs averaged 377.2 yards per game, their worst performance since 362.2 yards per game in 2009. In addition, they averaged 26.3 points, their worst total since 25.2 in 2006.
Chaney’s extensive experience is what intrigued new coach Kirby Smart.
“You go back to his history at Tennessee, he had some quarterback runs,” Smart told reporters last month. “He had some things where he had to use that. If that’s your best way to run the ball, with your quarterback, then you’ve got to use that. If your best way to run the ball is to hand it Derrick Henry or to Nick Chubb, then you do that.