Last season, Mekhi Sargent became the feature back by the end of the year for Kirk Ferentz’ Iowa football team. He put up dazzling performances against Illinois and Nebraska to close out the regular season on his way to a total 745 rushing yards, 9 touchdowns, and a 4.7 yards-per-carry average.
Toren Young was utilized a lot in the second half of games a year ago. The thought was that Sargent would set the tone and Young would wear opponents down being the bruiser back that he is.
When Iowa released their early offensive depth chart, both Sargent and Young appeared on it but lost in all of this is Ivory Kelly-Martin.