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Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder issued a warning yesterday to anyone who thinks Bryce Brown is the slam-dunk pick to be named starting running back when fall training camp comes to an end.
John Hubert, a 5-foot-7 sophomore from Waco, Texas, could also win the job.
"He's being competitive for the No. 1 spot," Snyder said of Hubert. "It's not as though the depth chart is set and he's out of the picture and comes in to slow it down or speed it up, whatever the case may be. He's being competitive for it."
Brown, a former high school All-American and Tennessee transfer, boasts a 6-foot, 220-pound frame and is expected to ultimately be K-State's top ball-carrier next season. But it is interesting that he is being pushed during spring practices.
Hubert appeared in seven games last season and rushed for 30 yards on 12 carries. He is known as a small, elusive runner, and one of the top high school players (at least statistically) to come out of Texas in 2008. As a senior, he rushed for a whopping 2,853 yards and 41 touchdowns.
He took a redshirt in 2009 and backed up both Daniel Thomas and William Powell in 2010.
The fact that many doubt Hubert's chances against Brown may be part of the reason he is impressing so far. That is one of the reasons Snyder was drawn to Hubert during the recruiting process when others weren't.
"Perhaps people looked at his size," Snyder said. "He's not the biggest guy in the world. That certainly could have had an impact with a lot of people. Maybe the size/speed ratio is not what others wanted.
"I sensed that he was a young guy with something to prove, because he wasn't highly recruited. He was very productive on video tape. Good quickness, good change of direction, elusive, competitive, had the capacity to catch the ball as well as run with it. He can do a lot of things
"... He was a young guy who was maybe feeling him against the world and wanted to prove something. So there was an attitude there, a competitive attitude that, to me, is important."
Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder issued a warning yesterday to anyone who thinks Bryce Brown is the slam-dunk pick to be named starting running back when fall training camp comes to an end.
John Hubert, a 5-foot-7 sophomore from Waco, Texas, could also win the job.
"He's being competitive for the No. 1 spot," Snyder said of Hubert. "It's not as though the depth chart is set and he's out of the picture and comes in to slow it down or speed it up, whatever the case may be. He's being competitive for it."
Brown, a former high school All-American and Tennessee transfer, boasts a 6-foot, 220-pound frame and is expected to ultimately be K-State's top ball-carrier next season. But it is interesting that he is being pushed during spring practices.
Hubert appeared in seven games last season and rushed for 30 yards on 12 carries. He is known as a small, elusive runner, and one of the top high school players (at least statistically) to come out of Texas in 2008. As a senior, he rushed for a whopping 2,853 yards and 41 touchdowns.
He took a redshirt in 2009 and backed up both Daniel Thomas and William Powell in 2010.
The fact that many doubt Hubert's chances against Brown may be part of the reason he is impressing so far. That is one of the reasons Snyder was drawn to Hubert during the recruiting process when others weren't.
"Perhaps people looked at his size," Snyder said. "He's not the biggest guy in the world. That certainly could have had an impact with a lot of people. Maybe the size/speed ratio is not what others wanted.
"I sensed that he was a young guy with something to prove, because he wasn't highly recruited. He was very productive on video tape. Good quickness, good change of direction, elusive, competitive, had the capacity to catch the ball as well as run with it. He can do a lot of things
"... He was a young guy who was maybe feeling him against the world and wanted to prove something. So there was an attitude there, a competitive attitude that, to me, is important."
