Does Russ have one more gear in him? Hansbrough led Mizzou with 1,084 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns a year ago, but the stats still point to potential areas of improvement. While his explosiveness ended up quite strong, his opportunity rate (percentage of carries gaining at least five yards) was 36.1%, lower than Marcus Murphy's 40.7%. Plus, in terms of receiving, Murphy trumped him in terms of catch rate (65% to 55%) and yards per target (4.9 to 2.9).
Hansbrough was prone to slumps here and there, baited into drifting toward the sideline and getting eaten up at times.