College Football 2019: Top 5 sophomores RBs who broke 1,000 yards in 2018

Fans should be on the lookout for these sophomore running backs as they racked up over 1,000 yards as college football freshmen and are only getting better.

In recent years, it feels like we’ve been seeing an increasingly higher number of freshman superstars putting up big numbers in their first season. And although quarterbacks tend to be the ones who get the most press, there’s a number of young running backs that deserve a little attention as well — five to be exact.

When these guys heard it’s important to hit the ground running when you arrive on campus, they took it literally and went onto rush for over 1,000 yards their freshmen seasons.  And now with the college football season officially underway, here are 5 sophomore running backs to be on the lookout for in 2019.

Pooka Williams was a four-star recruit coming out of Boutte, La., where he attended Hahnville High School. He received 10 scholarship offers from schools across the country including his home state powerhouse LSU but ended up committing to Kansas where he was the highest-rated prospect in his class.

Despite the fact that Kansas went 3-9 last season, Pooka, on the other hand, had an incredibly productive year at running back, racking up 1,125 yards on the ground and seven touchdowns.

Unfortunately, in December Williams was arrested for domestic violence on a female student which resulted in a seven-month suspension from the team. Williams was reinstated onto the football team in July and is expected to have another great season as the Jayhawk’s star running back assuming he can stay out of trouble.