This week at The Daily Gopher, we are paying a visit to Minnesota’s running back room and taking a closer look at the candidates to be key contributors in the #GopherGroundGame.
Bryce Williams was supposed to redshirt as a true freshman. Head coach P.J. Fleck even said as much publicly after Williams was forced into action when Rodney Smith tore his ACL and Mohamed Ibrahim was banged up early in the 2018 season. Fleck was able to rectify that last season, ensuring Williams redshirted as a sophomore while Smith, Ibrahim, and Shannon Brooks functioned as the Gophers’ “pair and a spare” at running back.