Texas Football: 5 biggest questions facing Longhorns in spring 2018

3. Who starts at running back?

You know times are tough when your starting quarterback, who began the year as the presumed backup, leads the team in rushing. It’s even worse when that quarterback had just  381 yards on 114 carries with two touchdowns, too.

Daniel Young led all running backs with 373 yards and three touchdowns on 4.6 yards per carry as a freshman and Chris Warren III was right behind with 314 yards and six scores. The latter is now gone, leaving Young as the only returning back who finished with over 300 yards a season ago.

Junior Kyle Porter is also back, but he had two more carries than Young but finished with 112 less yards — he did have one more touchdown, though. Averaging 3.1 yards per carry, Porter may find himself behind Young on the depth chart this spring, but nothing is a certainty yet.

Another freshman, Toneil Carter, played well in limited action, rushing 53 times for 252 yards and three touchdowns. He may also be slotted ahead of Porter and up there with Young, based on his effectiveness when called upon in 2017.

Depending on how these three guys do in spring ball, will the door be left open for incoming freshman Keaontay Ingram in the summer?