Texas Football: 5 Longhorns to watch in 2017 spring game
By Matt Workman
With the departure of D’Onta Foreman to the NFL so goes his 2,028 yards and 15 touchdowns. Texas fans hope Chris Warren III can fill that void. During the 2015 season and for four games in 2016 Foreman and Warren were 1A and 1B at running back position.
Warren missed most of 2016 due to knee injury after four games. During those four game Warren had 62 carries for 366 yards and three touchdowns. He averaged 5.9 yards per carry in the shortened season. In the 2015 season he played seven games as he split time with Foreman he had 470 yards and four touchdowns and he averaged 6.6 yards per carry.
Warren will be one to watch in spring to see how he moves and runs coming off of injury and to see if he can be replace Foreman and his production. Texas fans certainly hope he can because in 2015 many people thought of the two backs Warren was the better of the two.
If Warren, son of former NFL running back Chris Warren, can produce the way he did in 2015 and 2016, then put Big 12 defenses on notice because he is a load coming right at you.