This spring we are trying to have success with both the inside zone and outside zone, as well as any gap schemes that we have.
Brown was second in the Big 12 in rushing last season, averaging 101.0 yards per game.
This past Saturday was really the only time he didn’t get any work,” Scott said of this past weekend’s full-contact scrimmage.
“The thing we’re emphasizing with him is his ability to catch the ball,” added WVU’s third-year running back coach.
For Mathis, a 5-foot-11, 205-pound redshirt freshman from, Cedartown High School, he’s needed to develop patience to better set up his blocks, according to Scott.
He doesn’t have a ton of game experience, but he still has more than Sparrow.
“He’s got phenomenal speed, but I tell him all the time that he needs to bring defenders to the blocks, and then have the ability to one-cut,” said Scott of Sparrow.
“Last fall they used to call him ‘Dead Leg Rucker’ because he had this long stride and that caused him to struggle running the ball between the tackles.
“We wanted to get two true running backs who had some size, could run the ball and also could catch it out of the backfield.
Anderson rushed for 875 yards and 13 touchdowns in a shortened, seven-game season for Perry last fall.
COVID-19 issues caused the state of Illinois pushed its football season from the fall to the spring, so Johnson and Edwardsville High are playing an abbreviated schedule now.