Perhaps it’s because every Southeastern Conference backfield needs a JaTarvious and a Cartavious.
Or maybe every running game needs a “Boobie” and a “Tank.”
Auburn didn’t appear to have an immediate need at running back with an existing stable that includes redshirt sophomore JaTarvious “Boobie” Whitlow, sophomore Shaun Shivers, redshirt freshman Harold Joiner and true freshman D.J. Williams. That, however, didn’t stop Gus Malzahn’s Tigers from adding Cartavious “Tank” Bigsby of LaGrange, Georgia, during Wednesday’s start to college football’s early signing period.
“You can’t have enough depth at the running back position in our league,” Malzahn said Wednesday in a news conference, “and you’ve seen that throughout the years.”
The SEC’s dominant showing in the early signing period was reflected at running back, with five of the top eight nationally who signed at that position choosing to compete in the same league. Geography was not an issue, as Kendall Milton of California picked Georgia, MarShawn Lloyd of Maryland selected South Carolina and Jase McClellan of Texas picked Alabama.