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Florida football: Matching up the Gators and Canes on offense

By Walker Perryman

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - DECEMBER 29: Feleipe Franks #13 of the Florida Gators celebrates a third quarter touchdown by teammate Jordan Scarlett (not pictured) against the Michigan Wolverines during the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 29, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - DECEMBER 29: Feleipe Franks #13 of the Florida Gators celebrates a third quarter touchdown by teammate Jordan Scarlett (not pictured) against the Michigan Wolverines during the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 29, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images) /
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Florida and Miami both return talented running backs.

Florida returns senior Lamical Perine, redshirt sophomore Malik Davis, and sophomore Dameon Pierce.

Lamical Perine was 4 yards shy of notching 1000 total yards while sharing carries with Carolina Panther RB Jordan Scarlett. He’s played 3 straight seasons at Florida and his time for the spotlight has come. He’s an elite SEC running back who’s set to have a 1000 yard rushing season due to receiving many more carries this year than last year.

Malik Davis returns after missing most of last year with a broken foot. People forget that in his freshman season, Davis was on track for a 1000 yard rushing season in 2017 before getting injured halfway through the year. He rushed for 584 yards in less than 7 games (suffered a knee injury) while averaging almost 7 yards a carry.

Dameon Pierce had a productive freshman year for being the third-string running back. He rushed for 424 yards while averaging 6.1 yards a carry and 3 total TDs.

Miami’s RBs are junior DeeJay Dallas, sophomore Cam’ron Davis, and sophomore Lorenzo Lingard.

DeeJay Dallas rushed for 617 yards, 6 touchdowns and averaged 5.7 yards per carry. He lead the Miami rushing attack last year and he’s expected to take on the starting role this year. He is known for his speed and agility.

Cam’ron Davis was a nice surprise for Miami as a freshman last year. He had almost 200 yards from scrimmage and 3 TDs last season. Nobody expected Davis to make much of an impact in 2018 but he had his moments.

Lorenzo Lingard was Miami’s most anticipated recruit of their 2018 class. Lingard played in 4 games last season but injured his knee in practice, ending his season. He averaged 8 yards a carry while running for 136 yards and 2 TDs.

The bottom line is that Florida has running backs with more experience against better defenses and they have better stats. Florida had the 27th best rushing offense in the country last year while Miami was at 45th.

Advantage: Florida

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