UConn football 2023 position preview: Running Backs

This is the second article in our positional preview series. You can read the first one on the QBs here.

The running game led the UConn offense last year. Behind a strong O-line and with a true freshman quarterback for all but one series in 2022, Nate Carter, Robert Burns, Devontae Houston, and Victor Rosa took turns as the team’s leading rusher for multiple games each.

This year, Burns is on the Chicago Bears and Nate Carter has transferred to Michigan State after rushing for 384 yards in the first three games of 2022 and then shutting down for the season after an injury in the fourth game. The top two rushers in yardage last season, Houston and Rosa, are back, and a few new names are in the…