For those of you who have followed Rutgers football long enough know that there has been only a handful of workhorse running backs in our history. The most notable of these being Ray Rice. Last year, Rutgers had a running back by committee approach to the backfield, and it worked out pretty well for them.
Both Robert Martin and Paul James were in the top ten in the Big Ten Conference for yards per attempt at 5.4 and 5.5 respectively. Then there is Josh Hicks who is tied for eleventh at 5.2 yards per attempt. Hicks had four touchdowns, James had five, and Martin scored six touchdowns last season.