"The 10! The 5! TOUCHDOWN NEBRASKA!" If you listen to Nebraska's radio show, you probably hear this quite a bit. At this point in the season, Nebraska is ranked 12th in points scored per game at 41.5. Scoring nearly 42 points a contest is no joke. It's not something that's easily accomplished. In fact, it's so difficult that only 12 teams out of over 100 have done it so far this year.
Looking at these numbers, you might be reminded of how the Huskers scored all these points. You can think back to any of Westerkamp's 3 touchdown catches or Bell's 2 touchdown catches, but what likely comes to mind right away is Ameer Abdullah and his ability to overcome a team's defense and get the ball into the end-zone.
Abdullah has 10 touchdowns 6 games into the season. In 138 carries, he has 878 yards. Even after a bye week, that leaves him 4th ranked in the league. Ameer has been giving it his all this season and it shows. He is currently on Heisman watch, although he has a long way to go if he wants to win any sort of award. Mike Griffith had this to say after the loss to Michigan State: "Nebraska entered Saturday night's game No. 2 in the nation with 354.8 yards per game on the ground, and Ameer Abdullah was No. 1 in total rush yardage (833) and No. 2 in yards rushing per game (166.6)."
Ameer is not without competition though. Of the top 4 running backs, 3 are in the Big Ten. Those are only running backs! Quarterbacks are a whole other story for a different post.
Sources:
http://www.deseretnews.com/top/2695/18/Ameer-Abdullah-senior-running-back-Nebraska-The-2014-Heisman-Trophy-tracker.html
http://espn.go.com/college-football/statistics
http://espn.go.com/college-football/heisman14/
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