What Army, Navy, and Georgia Tech’s Leading Rusher in 2017 All Have in Common
January 1, 2018
The Under-Center, Flexbone Triple Option Offense continues to evolve.
In 2017, Navy’s top two leading rushers were their Quarterbacks, Zach Abey and Malcolm Perry. Also, 56% of Navy’s run offense were Quarterback runs.
| NAVY 2017 RUSHING STATISTICS | |||||
| NAME | CAR | YDS | AVG | LONG | TD |
| Zach Abey | 293 | 1413 | 4.8 | 75 (TD) | 19 |
| Malcolm Perry | 138 | 1182 | 8.6 | 92 (TD) | 11 |
| Chris High | 144 | 621 | 4.3 | 37 | 2 |
| Anthony Gargiulo | 76 | 423 | 5.6 | 44 | 3 |
| Josh Brown | 22 | 203 | 9.2 | 39 (TD) | 2 |
| Darryl Bonner | 33 | 178 | 5.4 | 38 | 1 |
| Joshua Walker | 15 | 106 | 7.1 | 48 (TD) | 2 |
| Keoni-Kordell Makekau | 16 | 103 | 6.4 | 22 | 0 |
| John Brown III | 15 | 90 | 6.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Garret Lewis | 26 | 83 | 3.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Tre Walker | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 26 | 1 |
| Jahmaal Daniel | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Brandon Colon | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Mike Martin | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Nelson Smith | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 4 | 0 |
| Akili Taylor | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Scott | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 822 | 4568 | 5.6 | 92 | 42 |
In 2017, Army West Point’s leading rusher was their Quarterback, Ahmad Bradshaw.
| ARMY WEST POINT 2017 RUSHING STATISTICS | |||||
| NAME | CAR | YDS | AVG | LONG | TD |
| Ahmad Bradshaw | 242 | 1746 | 7.2 | 71 (TD) | 14 |
| Darnell Woolfolk | 157 | 812 | 5.2 | 44 (TD) | 14 |
| Kell Walker | 86 | 629 | 7.3 | 47 (TD) | 6 |
| Andy Davidson | 116 | 627 | 5.4 | 42 | 5 |
| Connor Slomka | 49 | 216 | 4.4 | 29 | 4 |
| Calen Holt | 42 | 214 | 5.1 | 30 | 1 |
| Jordan Asberry | 18 | 115 | 6.4 | 22 | 0 |
| Fred Cooper Jr. | 13 | 72 | 5.5 | 17 (TD) | 2 |
| John Trainor | 18 | 66 | 3.7 | 24 | 1 |
| Sandon McCoy | 12 | 58 | 4.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Kelvin Hopkins Jr. | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Luke Langdon | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Kjetil Cline | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Zack Boobas | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 (TD) | 1 |
| Nick Schrage | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Artice Hobbs IV | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 18 (TD) | 1 |
| TJ Wisham Jr. | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dominic Distefano | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Donovan Franklin | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Blake Wilson | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 785 | 4710 | 6.0 | 71 | 50 |
In 2017, Georgia Tech’s leading rusher was their Quarterback, TaQuon Marshall.
| RUSHING STATISTICS | |||||
| NAME | CAR | YDS | AVG | LONG | TD |
| TaQuon Marshall | 247 | 1146 | 4.6 | 78 (TD) | 17 |
| KirVonte Benson | 204 | 1053 | 5.2 | 65 | 6 |
| Nathan Cottrell | 33 | 271 | 8.2 | 69 | 0 |
| Qua Searcy | 36 | 217 | 6.0 | 42 (TD) | 1 |
| Clinton Lynch | 28 | 209 | 7.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Jerry Howard | 23 | 175 | 7.6 | 65 (TD) | 2 |
| J.J. Green | 21 | 156 | 7.4 | 36 | 2 |
| Quaide Weimerskirch | 16 | 70 | 4.4 | 19 (TD) | 1 |
| Matthew Jordan | 15 | 56 | 3.7 | 12 | 1 |
| Ricky Jeune | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Jay Jones | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| KeShun Freeman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lucas Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pressley Harvin III | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 632 | 3381 | 5.4 | 78 | 30 |
FBS Rushing Offense
Last updated – December 31, 2017 Through games of December 30, 2017
| RANK | TEAM | G | RUSH | RUSH YDS | YDS/RUSH | RUSH TD | YPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army West Point | 13 | 785 | 4710 | 6.00 | 50 | 362.3 |
| 2 | Navy | 13 | 822 | 4568 | 5.56 | 42 | 351.4 |
| 3 | Arizona | 13 | 613 | 4021 | 6.56 | 48 | 309.3 |
| 4 | Air Force | 12 | 765 | 3689 | 4.82 | 38 | 307.4 |
| 5 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 632 | 3381 | 5.35 | 30 | 307.4 |
Quarterbacks runs take the Triple Option Offense to another level in 2017. Utilize this information to make your Triple Option Offense go.
Happy 2018!
