Raheim Sanders has been nothing short of spectacular in the offensive backfield through two games.
The sophomore running back has already rushed for double the amount of 100-yard games as he did last season and rushed for a career-best 156 yards in Arkansas’ 44-30 win over South Carolina last Saturday.
Head coach sam pittman can almost pinpoint exactly what makes Sanders so special for Arkansas.
” (At) running back, you’ve got to find the right hole and he’s finding it faster,” Pittman said during his weekly press conference on Monday. “He’s attacking the line of scrimmage better than he did last year. Certainly running through arm tackles is something he’s doing really well. In a nutshell, he’s seeing holes better than what he did a year ago.”
A.J. Green and Rashod Dubinion are also getting carries for the Razorbacks. However, there’s another running back that hopes to rejoin the rotation soon, that’s dominique johnson.
Johnson was one of four players to rush for over 500 yards last season, but a knee injury that was suffered during Arkansas’ 24-10 win over Penn State in the Outback Bowl has sidelined him through the first two games of the 2022 season. He has been cleared medically to return and will see playing time whenever he feels comfortable doing so.
How does Johnson’s possible return affect Sanders’ carries going forward? Pittman says that Johnson’s confidence will tell the story.
“You’ve got to get back in the flow of things,” Pittman said. “I don’t know that we would upset the applecart a whole bunch when he comes back early, the first time he comes back because it’s not broke right now. But at the same time, we’ve got a really fine football player that we’d like to get on the field. Once he becomes confident, I feel like I’ll be able to answer that question a little bit better.”
Currently, Arkansas rushes for an average of 259.5 yards per game. Quarterback K.J. Jefferson joins Sanders as…
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