Palmetto Proving Grounds

No chance on wilds

It would be best for both to red shirt imo. Also keep in mind Carson had beaten Wilds out last year before his injury. See no need for Wilds to waste a year on just a few carries.

neither 1 will red shirt

I was just thinking how we are going to split carries with Carson, Davis, Lattimore, Miles, and Wilds.

I must say this is a great problem to have. You know when your team is good is when you are too worried about having too many good RB's on the team.

That is a good point about him on special teams. He was good, wasn't he?

Running back will be one of the most interesting positions, along with receiver, to see how it shakes out. With MD coming in with so much talent, I would like him to redshirt. Part of me wants to see him tote the rock some as well.

I am also very excited about Carson. We have not had speed like that at RB in a while. A big play threat is good to have.

Receiver will be almost as interesting. With KJ, Shamiere, Damiere, Bruce, Ace, DL, and D. Smith, it will be interesting enough. Add in Fuller, Smith, and the x-factor in Shaq Roland, and it will make you dizzy thinking about it.

Its gonna be an interesting month before the first game.

We may play more two back sets.Let the other teams figure out if we're running Latti,Wilds or Shaw.

If they tell Mike he's gonna be redshirted, he's out IMO.

I would redshirt Davis. The key would be selling him on why redshirted would benefit him.

Lattimore has 2 more years left(at the most) and you can be a RS-Soph( or RS-FR) after he leaves which will give you 3 or 4 years to tote the rock at Carolina.

I think he can beat out Wilds and Carson after Lattimore leaves.

But, last year everyone was saying Wilds would redshirt and look what happened so at the RB position, you never know.

I could see carson redshirting again. If the first is medical he can redshirt again medically especially since the injury is documented. My gut says noone redshirts by midseason MD will be contributing a good bit i think. Rbs are good for special teams too as previously mentioned on Wilds, they typically have a good mix of size speed that makes them ideal like lbs on special teams providing they have a nose for it.

I remember Spurrier really talking up Carson last year in the pre season. He was very excited about Shon's speed and big play ability. Also remember that Carson is an absolute TANK. I saw him on campus a couple of weeks ago, and he looks like a sweatsuit stuffed with bowling balls. The guy can power through holes too. He was #2 last year before he got injured.

I love how most of the posters in this thread have a selective memory. Wilds got passed by Miles at the end of last season. So IMO, he is already behind Lattimore and Miles and sitting at 3rd string at best. If we have a lot of two back sets, I think you will see more of Miles. Now the coaching staff could turn Wilds into more of a H-back and shift him around a lot in the backfield(I cant see him lining up at TE at all) to get him some PT. But then again, they may not do that at all with Wilds. But I think if we are running two backs and one of the two positions is not a specialized position, then i cant see Wilds getting on the field much in those situations.

As for the redshirt, its not going to happen unless their is an injury, and as we know from last year, there will be injuries at the RB position. I dont see Davis getting one either, I think he plays a lot on special teams with guys like Wilds and Miles(kickoff coverage and return, as blockers) as well as being a 4th quarter, game is already over guy. I believe Miles has been on the return and coverage teams for the last two seasons, no reason why Davis and Wilds cant help there.

We have a great problem here guys. We have five, let me say that again FIVE, guys who can contribute and compete on the SEC level at RB. I dont think we have EVER had this kind of depth. The only thing I can think of is when we had Brewer, Pinnock and Watson. But those three were all different kinds of backs, while our current guys are much more similar in running styles. I love that this is a "problem" for us.