It’s hard to believe that a team losing Nick Chubb and Sony Michel may actually improve at the running back position, but that’s exactly where third year coach Kirby Smart finds himself in 2018.
Last season, the Bulldogs offense had five players with an average yards-per-carry of 5.9 or higher and five players with at least 50 rushing attempts. If you throw out quarterback Jake Fromm’s 55 carries for 79 yards (1.4 YPC), the core running back group ran for 3,748 yards on 571 carries for an insane 6.56 yards per touch.
Losing 68% of your rushing offense production would scare most fan bases, but D’Andre Swift (618 yards/7.