Kendall Milton sets record straight: 'This is Georgia; this is RBU'
There’s a lot of buzz around QB JT Daniels and what the Georgia passing game might be able to accomplish in 2021.
However, don’t forget about the team’s stable of running backs, which includes James Cook, Zamir White and Kendall Milton.
After Tuesday’s spring practice session, Milton spoke to reporters. He reiterated that Georgia is RBU, so expect the Dawgs to move the ball on the ground this season (via AJC.com):
“This is Georgia; this is RBU. So, I feel like the run game is always going to play a part in the offense,” Milton said in a post-practice Zoom call Tuesday. “But we’re an offense that has a lot of weapons all over the field. With all those weapons, everybody wants to get the ball. So, you’ve got to make the scheme basically where it fits everybody.”
White led the Dawgs with 779 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns in 2020. Cook was more of a double-threat, scoring 5 total touchdowns on 303 rushing yards and 225 receiving yards. Milton will try to work his way into the mix more in 2021. Last year, he had 193 rushing yards and 0 scores.
We’ll see what the Georgia backfield looks like behind an offensive line with plenty of turnover from last season.
Najee says hello!…anyone home?
Bama has been every bit as good at RB lately. I’d call UGA and Bama 1A and 1B respectively.
Fair enough. I was just kidding anyway :) Monikers like QBU, RBU, DBU don’t mean much but I hate to see players buy into it as if it *does* mean something about them. Best of luck in the East. RTR.
It does mean something these days. LSU has now been declared FFU… Future Felon U.
:) aight… but that’s probably enough now.
QBU,RBU,DBU do indeed mean something.
It helps recruiting and that matters…
You know what really helps recruiting? Winning a NC….
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@Tim That might matter to a player who lacks self-confidence and needs a moniker like that to define himself.
Lol. Yea take your Georgia goggles off. Alabama’s running backs over the last 15 years smoke Georgia’s
You Gaturds pick your timeframes to suit your argument. Let’s go back 30 years and look at that. Or 40 years and include Herschel. UGA is RBU. And I’m not so sure about Bama smoking UGA in running backs over the last 15 years. Maybe better but not by much. For all those RBs that were drafted from Bama not many in the last 15 years have had much success in the NFL. Just saying.
I thought about saying 20 years just to have Shaun Alexander included. Decided against it, the point is pretty self-evident either way.
Go suck an orange. And after that, go back to your basement and obsess over the Dawgs some more.
Bama doesn’t even have a career rusher in the top 10 all-time SEC. Najee is their best at 13th. Herschel and Chubb are #1 and #2.
Keyword there is career. Now check Chubbs best season to Najee’s best season.
They do have the single season SEC rush leader in Derrick Henry though… That being said all time yards is going to be different as not everyone plays 4 years ..
The all time SEC rusher is Herschel and he only played 3 years.
That’s great … But DH for example started one season. For Bama….
Walker averaged over 300 carries a season at UGA.. Just looking at the two DH averaged 6ypc while Walker averaged 5.3…
Just saying players play a different amount of years…
Come on man. Everybody in the stadium knew where the ball was going on first and second down when Herschel played for UGA. And if it was third and short it was guaranteed where the ball was going. No running back that ever played at Bama should be mentioned in the same breath as Herschel. Greatest CFB player of all time.
You brought up Walker. My point is that stats can be subjective. Not all the players play the same length of time.
It’s not a knock on Walker.
Total yards no doubt. Probably due to offensive styles and the number of carries. I can’t recall an Alabama offense that relied that heavily on one running back.
We were truly in the golden years with Chubb and Michel. They are like #2 and #3 all time on the schools rushing records. Really miss them.
I can see that. They were both great backs. Holyfield was one of my favs as well.
You know your team better than me, but it seems they lean on a primary ball carrier pretty often in the RB position. Najee had 250 carries and 26 TDs vs the next closes at 95 and 6.
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On one team UGA had Chubb, Michele, Swift and Holyfield – all NFL RB’s.
An Herrian was the “5th stringer.”
@JTF. Yes, exactly. In 2020, after Waddle went down, the RB’s role changed to be more heavily involved in the passing game. That meant almost all Najee. 2019 was a bit more typical as Najee, the starter, had 209 rushing attempts with 159 additional attempts split between 3 guys. I have to add that 2015 was an outlier as well. Henry had almost all the attempts with the game still in question. (That’s understandable for obvious reasons) Generally, though, Saban likes to run 1 starter and rotate 1-2 or 3 others to keep everybody fresh.
I was thinking Preseason Champ U
Well looky here, it’s the ankle grabbing champ
If you read the entire article you will realize that Milton is talking about the offensive philosophy, which featured the RBs. UGA has always been a run first team. He is not referring to any individual RBs.
He was asked if he watch film of his great runs. He said no. He watches the ones in which he failed.
Kid is going to be a good one.
agree. hesitant to put it out there, but his style reminded me a lot of gurley. he may not have the breakaway speed that gurley had, but he ran last year with an intensity that could almost be characterized as violent. he didn’t look to be always looking for contact, but when he did square-up a defender, it just looked different.
If Milton takes a step up in year 2 he will be the best every-down RB on the team.
He had some great flashes in 2020 but was hampered by a hamstring and a sprained knee.
Milton’s highlight run against UT was incredible, they just couldn’t stop him.
That highlight-reel run against UT was one of the best from the entire team last year. Zeus also runs with the same kind of violence. Edwards and McIntosh don’t shy away from contact either. If this group can stay healthy, their impact on defenses by the second half of each game should be noticeable – especially if they can get a head of steam going into the second level. And I expect to see a lot of that as Daniels & Co. force opponents to soften up the box. One of the best indicators to me that Monken’s passing game is working is if we see more longer runs out of the backfield.
I hope is rb1 cause zamor white can’t find a hole in a Doughnut