In a parallel universe, Washington Huskies fans are right now wringing their hands and sweating bullets over the state of their team’s running game. After all, Myles Gaskin did what virtually every running back with three 1,000-yard seasons under his belt does: declare for the NFL Draft. And while Salvon Ahmed showed flashes of potential during his true freshman campaign, it’s a tall order to expect a player in his second year to assume the role of featured back on a team with legitimate College Football Playoff aspirations.
Fortunately, that is not the universe in which we live.