We almost could have cut and pasted from last year’s preview. All five starters return from last year, a year in which those five players started every regular-season game. Once again, we should be so lucky as to have that happen again this year.
Despite the continuity, K-State’s rushing attack was mostly ordinary in 2017, ranking 56th by S&P+. Efficiency (Success Rate) languished at 77th, while explosiveness (IsoPPP) was unusually high at 15th. Most of the peripheral stats are above average, but opposing defenses stuffed K-State behind the line way too often (108th by Stuff Rate).