Damien Harris didn’t get a lot of cracks at trying to crack the Patriots running back rotation in 2019.
The rookie’s limited workload wasn’t necessarily a reflection on his performance in practice, where playing time is earned, but rather the club’s stacked depth chart at the position.
In addition, the corps enjoyed relatively good health throughout the season. Of the top three on the depth chart, only Rex Burkhead missed time (three games) because of injury. Sony Michel played every game and James White missed just one for the birth of his child.
Harris’s selection in the third round of last year’s draft was a bit of a surprise after New England invested a first-rounder in Michel a year earlier.