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http://www.ajc.com/sports/georgia-tech/johnson-says-tech-will-161214.html
Watch out for Williams
Virginia Tech Frank Beamer doesn't want to take too much credit for the surprising success that running back Ryan Williams has had this season.
"I don't know that you make good backs," Beamer said. "You have to recruit good backs."
He recruited a good one, then.
The Hokies were rocked in August when 1,000-yard rusher Darren Evans sustained a season-ending knee injury in training camp.
But in stepped Williams, a redshirt freshman who now leads the ACC with 122.3 yards per game. He's averaging 37 more yards a game than Georgia Tech's Jonathan Dwyer.
"Ryan can make you miss and he can run by you and he hurts you when he runs through you," Beamer said. "Not all backs have those qualities and when you put them together, you have a special back."
Beamer said he had an idea that Williams could be another in a long line of tough Hokie backs when he was on the scout team last year and the defensive coaches kept telling him that Williams was the best back they'd seen. And that includes a long sequence of players, including Evans, Kevin Jones and Lee Suggs.
"Ryan Williams is the real deal," Johnson said.
how's their O-line? anybody got their starters info?
Watch out for Williams
Virginia Tech Frank Beamer doesn't want to take too much credit for the surprising success that running back Ryan Williams has had this season.
"I don't know that you make good backs," Beamer said. "You have to recruit good backs."
He recruited a good one, then.
The Hokies were rocked in August when 1,000-yard rusher Darren Evans sustained a season-ending knee injury in training camp.
But in stepped Williams, a redshirt freshman who now leads the ACC with 122.3 yards per game. He's averaging 37 more yards a game than Georgia Tech's Jonathan Dwyer.
"Ryan can make you miss and he can run by you and he hurts you when he runs through you," Beamer said. "Not all backs have those qualities and when you put them together, you have a special back."
Beamer said he had an idea that Williams could be another in a long line of tough Hokie backs when he was on the scout team last year and the defensive coaches kept telling him that Williams was the best back they'd seen. And that includes a long sequence of players, including Evans, Kevin Jones and Lee Suggs.
"Ryan Williams is the real deal," Johnson said.
how's their O-line? anybody got their starters info?
