Alex Donno breaks down the major opportunities that running backs like TreVonte' Citizen, Chris Wheatley-Humphrey and Chris Johnson Jr. will have during spring football this March.
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00:00 Something that stood out to me over the last couple of weeks is seeing photos of
00:04 Trevante Citizen out there running, right?
00:07 Trevante, who's had some of the worst injury luck, uh, you know, he and Zion
00:11 Nelson and Elijah Royo have had the worst injury luck on the team, but seeing
00:16 Trevante out there, he is wearing a big brace over his formerly injured knee.
00:20 But at this point, I think that's just for his own comfort and his peace of mind.
00:24 It's pretty common to see players who have had ACL injuries in the past, wear
00:28 braces for years after that.
00:30 Everything to my understanding is that Trevante Citizen is fully healthy now.
00:34 He's working on getting that speed and that explosion back that he used to have.
00:39 Now, something of course to keep in mind, like we're talking about off-season
00:42 workouts, like these are not real practices.
00:45 Those start on March 4th in spring.
00:48 These aren't team drills.
00:49 These are workouts, guys running, guys lifting, guys throwing and catching.
00:53 So you can only jump to so many conclusions from workouts, but it still is nice to
00:58 know that these players are out there creating some positive impressions so far.
01:02 And, you know, sticking on Trevante Citizen, uh, so for him, he's going to have a good
01:07 opportunity in spring.
01:08 And hopefully once the season begins in the fall as well, because if there is any doubt
01:13 that Mark Fletcher is going to be healthy in time for the start of the season, I don't
01:17 think it's fair to jump to conclusions on that one way or the other, but he did have
01:20 off-season surgery.
01:22 So if there is any chance that Fletcher isn't full go by August 31st, Citizen has a great
01:29 chance to carve out a spot in that running back rotation right now, because physically
01:34 when it comes to his characteristics and his size, he's the most similar guy on the team
01:39 to Mark Fletcher.
01:41 So Fletcher is definitely going to miss spring football.
01:44 We know that we will reassess his condition once fall camp begins, but Trevante Citizen
01:49 has got a great opportunity and what a comeback story that would be.
01:53 If Citizen can make an impact on the field this coming season, and I, he absolutely could
01:58 of course, but if he can do that, what a comeback story would be for the guy who's missed the
02:02 first full two seasons of his career due to injury.
02:06 He was physically well enough to play in the pinstripe bowl, but he did not get out there
02:11 against Rutgers.
02:12 Chris Johnson and Chris Wheatley Humphrey, the two fastest running backs on the team
02:18 are also going to have a major opportunity.
02:20 Wheatley Humphrey, by the way, he's enrolled early, so he's on campus now.
02:25 Jordan Lyle, who's also going to be awesome, he's just not enrolled early, so he's not
02:30 on campus yet.