Boston College has the third greatest speeding quarterback within the nation and Eagles head coach Jeff Hafley feels that’s an excessive amount of of factor.
BC twin menace sign caller Thomas Castellanos has 512 speeding yards, good for third in FBS by a quarterback, on 98 makes an attempt with seven touchdowns.
Castellanos averages 5.1 yards per carry and 83.3 per recreation. The sophomore switch from Central Florida can also be one in all three quarterbacks in FBS to go for over 1,000 yards and rush for over 500.
Castellanos loved a profession day working the soccer in BC’s 27-24 win over Army on a nasty climate day at West Point on Oct. 7. Castellanos rushed for 142 web yards on 31 carries with 4 touchdowns.
Hafley is relying on his steady of immediately wholesome tailbacks to take better management of the speeding duties when the Eagles (3-3, 1-2) confront the Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech (3-3, 2-1) on Saturday (midday) at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
“I think we did a good job of that last week and I think our backs had over 120 yards rushing,” stated Hafley. “We undoubtedly want to do this. We can’t go right into a video games pondering have been are going to run our quarterback 31 instances.
“That I hope was a one-time deal on a rainy day. But you have to rely on your running backs and wideouts and play complementary football. There are going to be games Thomas’ legs are going to carry us and then will be games with our backs.”
Castellanos has elevated the BC working recreation from the depths of the ACC a yr in the past. BC was final within the convention and all of FBS in speeding yards, averaging 63.2 per recreation. After six video games this season, with back-to-back wins over Virginia and Army, BC is second within the ACC, averaging 193.7 yards per recreation.
The Eagles’ 321 web speeding yards at Army did inflate their speeding numbers and there have been vital contributions from the working backs. Graduate pupil Pat Garwo rushed for 111 yards on 14 carries for a 7.9 yards per rush common whereas Alex Broome added 38 on eight carries.
Garwo notched the fifth 100-yard of his profession and has 270 on the season with a landing. Transfer Kye Robichuax stepped up when Garwo was injured earlier within the marketing campaign and has registered 218 yards with two touchdowns. All three backs have been useful to Castellanos on checkdowns and display passes, combining for 75 yards on 11 receptions with a landing.
“We’ve got some big backs and some smaller guys and we are getting healthy there and we have a real good O-line,” stated Hafley. “You can see it. The holes have been actually massive and we’ve got modified up a bit of extra this yr.
“There are more gap schemes where we are getting down hill on people. But at the same time, we have the quarterback run element where we can kind of hit you on the edge and pop one in the middle, too. We are going to need our backs. We can’t keep relying on our quarterback running.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com