With Ja’Quinden Jackson ailing, Micah Bernard out for the season, and Chris Curry still making his way back, the Utah football team will be depending on Jaylon Glover, a sophomore from Florida, to be their lead back in Friday's Pac-12 matchup with Oregon State in Corvallis.
Utah running back Jaylon Glover celebrates with his team after defeating Baylor 20-13 in an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in Waco, Texas. Even if he perhaps doesn’t fit the traditional profile.
“He’s kind of a tweener back. He’s not really a power back, but he’s not a scatback. He’s a guy that can run in between the tackles as well as break it outside on occasion. He’s more compact — I mean, he’s not very tall, 5-7, but he’s 205 pounds, so he’s thick. He’s proven to be very durable through the years,” said Whittingham. “… He’s a really good running back and he’s getting his opportunity now, and we’ll see what he can do, assuming that we don’t have anybody return this week.
The coach added that the stunted running production vs. UCLA — and in other games, for that matter — was less on Glover and the running backs and more attributable to other problem areas of the offense., because when teams know you’re not going to throw, and [they] load of the box, it’s tough sledding in there.”, and is not operating at peak efficiency in his estimation.
“I think we need to be a little more dominant up front. We expect to be — we’ve got a good offensive line. They haven’t been bad this year, in a couple of the games we’ve rushed for more than 200 yards, but a couple of the games we haven’t been so good. And so [we’re] trying to find some more consistency up front. And physicality,” Whittingham said. “… We’ve just got to be better executing our zone-blocking scheme.
“In the run game, I have to be efficient, along with other guys in the room, so they can respect the run and [we will] not be one-dimensional,” Glover said. “… Mentally just making sure I’m already prepared, making sure I’m hitting all cues, not making mistakes. So whatever I can do to … get the victory, that’s where my mind is at right now.”
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