Texas Football: 4 problematic Buffs players for the Longhorns

4) Problematic Buffs for Texas football

The breakthrough star in this shortened regular season for Colorado on the offensive side of the ball was the sophomore 5-foot-9 and 185 pound running back Jarek Broussard. A running back that ranked second in the PAC-12 in total rushing yards and total yards from scrimmage this season will not be easy to contain for the Longhorns.

Stopping Colorado’s productive and efficient ground game will have to be the main task at hand in the Alamo Bowl for first-year defensive coordinator/safeties coach Chris Ash. Colorado’s ground game is led by Broussard, but quarterback Sam Noyer is very potent too. Colorado averaged around 219 rushing yards per game, nearly five yards per carry, and 2.5 rushing touchdowns during the regular season.

Broussard himself was responsible for most of the production in terms of rushing yards. He registered a team-leading 813 rushing yards on 129 attempts (6.3 yards per carry), and three rushing touchdowns, in five games played. Broussard also added 52 receiving yards on seven catches, with no receiving touchdowns.

There were two games where Broussard really broke through in a big way this year, that accounted for most of his rushing production on the season. He registered 187 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns in Colorado’s season opener win over the UCLA Bruins. And he went over 300 rushing yards in a single game in the Buffs’ nice win over the Arizona Wildcats.