Pro Football Focus' second-highest graded returning SEC RB might surprise you
While there’s little doubt that LSU’s Derrius Guice is the top returning running back in the conference, No. 2 is up for debate.
Among the likes of Georgia’s Nick Chubb, Alabama’s Bo Scarbrough and Auburn’s Kamryn Pettway, among others, Kentucky rising sophomore Benny Snell, Jr. is the second-highest graded returning back, according to Pro Football Focus.
Snell exploded onto the scene as a true freshman in 2016, rushing for 1,091 yards and a team-high 13 touchdowns, and he recorded five 100-yard rushing games.
Let’s face it: put Snell on the SEC’s big six or seven teams, and he’s one of the most talked about players entering 2017.
Here are the numbers:
The top graded returning running backs in the SEC pic.twitter.com/L5UPnkSZ9E
— PFF College Football (@PFF_College) June 21, 2017
In addition to being the second-highest graded returning back, Snell probably has the best stomach tattoo of the bunch.
Live and die bout it? #snellyeah pic.twitter.com/WXQgOGsaTD
— Mr SNELL YA LATER?? (@benny_snell) May 21, 2017
Following the departure of Boom Williams in Kentucky’s backfield, look for Snell to take on a bigger workload and really become a household name in 2017.