Michigan State football lost a piece of its running back rotation on Tuesday when fifth-year senior Jarek Broussard announced his intention to enter the 2023 NFL Draft.
This past Saturday, the Michigan State Spartans football team absolutely dismantled the Akron Zips. The Spartans earned a captivating 52 – 0 victory, despite some underwhelming Quarter Back play.
Coming into the 2022 season, Michigan State returned its starting quarterback, two of its three leading receivers and had two young up-and-coming outside weapons in Keon Coleman and Germie Bernard.
Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports The 2020 Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year will be an impact addition to the Spartans. In a cruel twist of fate, star running Jarek Broussard will be transferring to Michigan State, where he will play under former Colorado head coach Mel Tucker.
Former Colorado running back Jarek Broussard, who won the Pac-12 offensive player of the year award in 2020 with the Buffaloes, has announced his plans to join Michigan State's program via the college football transfer portal.
The Oregon Ducks have a need at running back following the departure of Travis Dye to USC as well as Trey Benson to Florida State. Veteran bell-cow back C.J.
Jarek Broussard, who rushed for 661 yards this season after averaging 162.6 yards per game in 2020 to win Pac-12 offensive player of the year honors, has entered the transfer portal.
Standing to the right of head coach Karl Dorrell in the Colorado locker room on Saturday night was running back Jarek Broussard. The junior proudly helped lead his teammates in a spirited rendition of the CU fight song – something the Buffaloes haven’t done much this year.
Following three consecutive blowout losses, the Colorado football team got a break with last week’s bye, giving the Buffaloes an opportunity to step back and re-evaluate everything and at least pause the negative momentum.
Some fans want to see coaches fired or demoted. Others want a change at quarterback. Or a new scheme. Fixing the Colorado offense – or at least improving the results – however, could simply come down to players buying in.
It was supposed to be a reliable backbone for a Colorado offense breaking in a new starter at quarterback. Instead, the Buffaloes’ run game is stuck between a classic rock-and-a-hard-place.
Jarek Broussard didn’t reach the century mark, but the sophomore running back picked up where he left off in 2020. Last year’s Pac-12 offensive player of the year, Broussard rushed for 94 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries in Colorado’s 35-7 win against Northern Colorado on Friday at Folsom Field.
Darian Hagan didn’t hesitate when asked if Jarek Broussard is possibly better than he was a year ago. “Oh, he’s better,” Colorado’s running backs coach said.
On the second play of Colorado’s scrimmage on Saturday, Jarek Broussard took a handoff, made a cut and went 66 yards for a touchdown. A few minutes later, on his second carry of the day, he went 42 yards before being chased out of bounds.
Averaging 26 rushing attempts per game is a heavy workload for any running back, let alone one with a 5-foot-9, 185-pound frame and a history of knee injuries.
Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports The backfield duo is expected to anchor the Buffaloes offense in 2021 Of the 82 players named to the Doak Walker Award watch list on Wednesday, 10 hail from Pac-12 schools.
The year 2020 will pass by without Ohio State and Michigan facing off on the football field. While the outcome of the game was all but a formality (the Buckeyes were favored by 29 points), it is still a shame that one of the sport's biggest rivalries was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.