Texas Football: 3 takeaways from Alamo Bowl win over Utah

3. Keaontay Ingram and Roschon Johnson could be a great RB duo

Although he might convert back to quarterback in his second year with the Texas football program, true freshman running back Roschon Johnson had a great 2019 campaign coming out of the backfield. Roschon finished up his freshman campaign after converting to running back with more than 800 total yards from scrimmage and eight touchdowns.

Johnson didn’t have the biggest role out of the backfield in the Alamo Bowl, but he was efficient when given the opportunity. He took six rushing attempts for 49 yards and no scores. He averaged more than eight yards per carry and had a long rush of 20-yards on the day.

It will be interesting to see where Roschon goes from here entering the 2020 offseason.

Moreover, sophomore running back Keaontay Ingram was the mainstay focus on the ground. He registered a game-high 108 rushing yards on just 13 attempts. Ingram added one score and had a long rush on the day of 49 yards. He really wore down this experienced Utah front seven and helped the Longhorns control the pace of the game the entire way.

Ingram and Johnson combined for just shy of 2,000 total yards from scrimmage this season. Texas hasn’t really had a running back duo that potent since the 2016 season, when Chris Warren III and D’Onta Foreman were leading the way. But that was a very top heavy backfield that rode on the production of Foreman (2,028 rushing yards on the season).

Add five-star Salpointe Catholic running back signee Bijan Robinson to this position group, and the potential for this Texas ground game looks enormous.