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Elite running backs Derrius Guice of LSU and Saquon Barkley of Penn State admire each other from afar

ESPN The Magazine's college football preseason issue has an extensive feature on Penn State running back Saquon Barkley.

The 5-11, 230-pound junior, who ran 1,496 yards and 18 TDs last season on 272 carries and who caught 28 passes for 402 yards and four TDs, is considered a top RB candidate to win the Heisman Trophy.

But as the ESPN article reveals at the end, Barkley has been watching another player on film - LSU's All-SEC running back Derrius Guice.

Here's what the article said:

"This summer that fixation has found a new focus: LSU's Derrius Guice, the name most mentioned alongside Barkley's as the nation's best back.