It’s been over three weeks since Jeremy Larkin medically retired from football, and it’s hard to imagine a time when Northwestern’s running game has been so ineffective.
The Wildcats, led largely by John Moten IV and Solomon Vault, have rushed for just 68 yards on 77 carries in the three games since Larkin’s departure from the team. Northwestern hasn’t broken a run longer than 11 yards in that time frame.
Larkin, the heir apparent to the Wildcats’ best running back of all time Justin Jackson, is seemingly the obvious answer as to why the NU rushing attack has been so dreadful.