Stanford's Remound Wright finds short-yardage success

By most standards that apply to running backs, Stanford’s Remound Wright and his beggarly 2.7 yards per carry would qualify as remarkably not robust.

But the same standards that govern Oregon’s Royce Freeman or UCLA’s Paul Perkins – or even Wright’s Heisman-contending cohort Christian McCaffrey -- don’t apply to Wright. Because in fact, 2.7 yards per carry is usually more than double what the Cardinal need out of him.

Wright has carved his niche as Stanford’s short-yardage and goal-line back. And he’s very, very good at it. He’s only rushed for 185 yards this season. But the result has been 13 rushing touchdowns – good for second in the conference behind Freeman (14), tied with Perkins and…