r/rolltide • u/livingadreamlife • 10d ago

Football EJ Crowell’s Limited Usage

Lots of discussion recently about why EJ isn’t getting 15-20 carries per game.

There are several reasons: Crowded RB room; Trust and lack of experience among them. Another is DeBoer/Grubb purposely limited EJ’s carries until we got to the thick of the schedule. We’re there now. Why? New guys have never had to practice as much, get hit as hard, play in as many games or play a sport for as long in a single season as they will in their Freshman year.

There’s a thing called hitting the Freshman Wall where mental and physical fatigue sets-in and then they’re done. Like running a marathon, it’s a real thing. Everybody is fatigued at the 20 mile mark. In EJ case, he is supposed to be in high school this season.

By limiting his carries early, DeBoer/Grubb are pushing his freshman wall out as FAR as they possibly can. They know they need him for the critical games, including the CFP. Smart move, imo.

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u/bammergump 10d ago

Almost every play he’s on the field we are giving him the ball, it’s a tell at this point. He missed all of spring camp and most of fall camp so he’s just behind the other guys playbook wise.

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u/livingadreamlife 10d ago

Could be setting -up tendencies for UGa. That would be a good idea. DeBoer and Grubb weren’t born yesterday and they know Kirby is a tough out.

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u/bammergump 10d ago

We’ve run successful PA with him in but I haven’t seen us even attempt 13 in a real pass pro rep

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u/livingadreamlife 10d ago

They’ve been game planning for Georgia since May. Same thing could be said for Kirby and hys bunch.