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Column: Aztecs success on the ground may rely on ability to find back up

Sophomore running back Juwan Washington returns the opening kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown during SDSU's 34-28 win over NIU.

San Diego State football has been known to produce some of the best running backs the country has ever seen.

Year after year, the Aztecs put on a show rushing the ball from endzone to endzone, and in the past two seasons, the team has had two different running backs rush for more than 2,000 yards.

Donnel Pumphrey, now with the Philadelphia Eagles, rushed for 2,133 yards in 2016, while Rashaad Penny rushed for 2,248 yards in the 2017 season before being drafted in the first round by the Seattle Seahawks.