It still wasn’t clear by the end of his redshirt senior season if Paul James was a healthy victim of a three-back rotation or a former workhorse worn down by too many freak injuries.
Splitting time with sophomores Josh Hicks and Robert Martin in the Rutgers football backfield, James averaged career-lows of nine attempts and 49.5 rushing yards per game while playing in a career-high 11 games.
At the strangest point of his 2015 season, James had a career-long 72-yard rush on his first carry against Michigan State. He added two yards on the next play and then didn’t touch the ball again for the rest of the game.