Carry On Johnson is averaging 103 yards per game. No doubt if he stays healthy, he's the next 1,000 yard rusher, keeping the streak alive. My gripe is quite trivial, but I've never understood the logic.
Sean White has 34 rushing attempts for 142 yards. That's a little over 4 yards a carry and a pretty nice little weapon/wrinkle in your offense when the QB can occasionally take off. But his actual net yardage is 57. Why? Because they deduct the yardage for sacks.
Okay, if Clifford Franklin lines up in the gun, takes the snap and tucks it like a Mildcat run, only goes 3 steps before a LB shoots the gap and gets him. What is the result? TFL (Tackle For Loss for the uninformed) for the defender and negative rushing yardage for the offense.
If Clifford Franklin runs the same play, but this time immediately holds the ball like he's looking downfield to throw....LB plants him. Result? Sack for the defender and negative rushing yardage for the offense.
Clearly a pass play. The line is pass blocking (Unless Jimbo Fisher studies old Auburn/Ole Miss footage sees you down field) and the defense gets credit for a sack because it was clearly a pass play. But it comes off the rushing total?
I am bewildered and bumfuzzled.