Trio competing to be starting RB for Southern

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  --  Igniting the Southern ground game with his play late last season, running back Sylvester Nzekwe had three 100-yard games in the team’s last four games, this after the Jaguars had gone the first seven games of 2012 without a 100-yard rusher.

Nonetheless, the Jaguars still finished last in the Southwestern Athletic Conference in rushing offense, managing only 79.5 yards per outing.

Nzekwe and Jerry Joseph, who battled injuries during parts of their senior seasons, have moved on.
That leaves senior Darrius Coleman, junior Terence Clayton and redshirt freshman Lenard Tillery likely to share the workload in the backfield. Their mission: give the SU offense, led by Dray Joseph and the passing game, enough balance to keep defenses honest.

“We’re all competing to be the guy,” said Tillery, a former McKinley High standout, “but we know it’s not a one-back system. We know we’re all going to get playing time.”

Coleman is a bruising back whose ...

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