Is 51 carries in a game too many carries for a high runningback?

[FLABOY941 7]

Riverview runningback Ali Boyce had 51 carries for 229 yards against Vero Beach last week. It got mixed responses. Some people said he is a real workhorse and can handle the load. Other said that is too many carries for a high school runningback in a single game.

[nolebull813 621]

I feel if he wasn't up to it he would have told the coaches he was maxed out. 

If he's not injured what's the issue? He will remember beating Vero at their house for the rest of his life 

[ColumbiaHighFan2017class 2,435]

1 minute ago, FLABOY941 said:

Riverview runningback Ali Boyce had 51 carries for 229 yards against Vero Beach last week. It got mixed responses. Some people said he is a real workhorse and can handle the load. Other said that is too many carries for a high school runningback in a single game.

I'm curious on this 

 

Did Riverview not throw it or did they just have like 100 offensive plays

[FloTech 62]

Man that dude was fast af he was the best RB I seen Vero play all year long

[DarterBlue2 1,815]

39 minutes ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:

I'm curious on this 

 

Did Riverview not throw it or did they just have like 100 offensive plays

A couple option pitches. They had one intermediate pass on their final scoring drive. YAC plus pass were good for over 40 yards. Aside from that, just option pitches. 

Their principal offense was either hand off to Ali Boyce, or QB keeper. 

To answer the original question posed in the topic, I think 51 carries is too much, both because it wears out your back, and because you would think it makes your offense too easy to key in on if he is more than 50% of your offense. 

[badbird 1,503]

51 carries is way too many.  Derek Henry use to get that many carries back in Yulee as well but he was a freak of nature.  I also think this bodes well for DP.  I'm sure he's a bit sore and banged up.   

[s1nglewing 58]

So we gonna litigate to limit the number of carries backs can get? Then we need to limit the number of passes QBs can throw and the number of blocks OL can make., etc....

We could just do away with the whole intentional contact thing but we'd need to keep the pads and helmets (someone might accidentally bump someone else), but put little ribbons on the little boys and let them play flag football instead. 

 

Sarcasm noted yet?

[DB4 387]

1 hour ago, s1nglewing said:

So we gonna litigate to limit the number of carries backs can get? Then we need to limit the number of passes QBs can throw and the number of blocks OL can make., etc....

We could just do away with the whole intentional contact thing but we'd need to keep the pads and helmets (someone might accidentally bump someone else), but put little ribbons on the little boys and let them play flag football instead. 

 

Sarcasm noted yet?

Of course someone decides to take it to the total opposite extreme. That is a lot of carries for one game. If he was up for it, which it seems he was, then cool, go for it. But you're talking about 2 or 3 games worth of carries in one game, I can see why that's looked at as a lot.

If he doesn't have a good game against DP, I certainly wouldn't be surprised.

[Bocefous70 77]

If he doesn’t have 51 carries there probably isn’t a game against DP to worry about. 

[DB4 387]

55 minutes ago, Bocefous70 said:

If he doesn’t have 51 carries there probably isn’t a game against DP to worry about. 

They're in a run heavy offense, I feel like the carries can be more evenly distributed. But you could be right.

[cameronp81 3]

I don’t write a whole lot on here but I feel like people questioning this at all is ridiculous. They won and probably because he touched the ball the amount of times necessary for them to win. That’s what football at this level is all about, fighting for your school and doing what it takes to win. 

[Just A Coach 261]

He carried the ball 51 times....That means the DT engaged with the guard more than 51 times. Are we gonna talk about him also. Look, if you run a up-tempo offense then you are gonna get a lot of snaps. It seems like the LOS is gonna get the brunt of the contact. Lets all for once talk about those dudes up front playing every down in this new up- tempo era of football. 

[Sharkbait 509]

6 hours ago, Just A Coach said:

He carried the ball 51 times....That means the DT engaged with the guard more than 51 times. Are we gonna talk about him also. Look, if you run a up-tempo offense then you are gonna get a lot of snaps. It seems like the LOS is gonna get the brunt of the contact. Lets all for once talk about those dudes up front playing every down in this new up- tempo era of football. 

You know linemen don-t matter.  A running back  tweaks a knee and he has a trainer and three coaches tripping over each other to  help him and a lineman blows his out and they yell at him not to let them see him limp.  The old "we gotta have you for the playoffs"

[Pipe Dreams 205]

On 11/23/2017 at 2:05 AM, Just A Coach said:

He carried the ball 51 times....That means the DT engaged with the guard more than 51 times. Are we gonna talk about him also. Look, if you run a up-tempo offense then you are gonna get a lot of snaps. It seems like the LOS is gonna get the brunt of the contact. Lets all for once talk about those dudes up front playing every down in this new up- tempo era of football. 

are you serious

[Bocefous70 77]

16 minutes ago, Pipe Dreams said:

are you serious

Yea. He’s very serious. 

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2014/10/17/offensive-linemen-are-the-football-players-most-likely-to-play-while-concussed-new-studies-show/?utm_term=.295b0186e430

[mbhs69 63]

Merely raising the question of a player participating in 51 plays shows how clearly our society as fallen into the nanny state of mind.

[Pipe Dreams 205]

so we gonna ban the spread now????