Texas State’s running backs start every individual drill with an up-down. Every drill. Some drills, they don't do anything but up-downs.
They always have a football tucked into the crease of the elbow of their ball-carrying arm. The ball better not budge when you hit the ground. And you better not use that arm to push yourself back up.
That’s running backs coach Nick Whitworth’s philosophy, anyway. The Bobcats lost 11 fumbles in 2018, tied for the 27th most in the NCAA. Whitworth wants to make sure that’s not the case again this season.
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