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Northwestern needs Warren Long to be more than just a backup running back

Advanced stats back it up: Justin Jackson cannot do it all by himself, and Long is more than good enough to help.

Derrick Henry. Christian McCaffrey. Justin Jackson. One is a Heisman Trophy winner who currently plays for the Tennessee Titans. One is a Heisman finalist who ran for over 2,000 yards in 2015. The other is Justin Jackson. The three don’t have much in common, but where they are similar is that they each had over 310 rushing attempts last season as the most-worked running backs in the FBS.

Henry ran for 2,219 yards on 395 carries while McCaffrey needed 337 attempts for his 2,019 yards.