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COLLEGE STATION — A smile plastered to his face, Texas football running back Quintrevion Wisner jogged off Kyle Field to a three-syllable serenade from the fans in burnt orange surrounding the Longhorns’ tunnel.
“S-E-C,” they yelled. “S-E-C! S-E-C!”
Saturday night, Wisner carried the Texas offense on his back to the pinnacle of the Longhorns’ new conference. He touched the ball on 35 of the Longhorns’ 78 offensive snaps, accumulating a career-high 186 rushing yards to lift Texas to a 17-7 victory that earned them a rematch with Georgia in the SEC championship game.
Before Saturday night, Wisner, a sophomore, had never carried the ball more than 20 times in a collegiate game. But he took exception postgame to a question asking whether he was tired.
“Tired?” he said, a twinge of incredulousness in his voice. “Tired? Tired?”
Against the Aggies, Wisner was not fatigue’s victim. Instead, he wielded it like a weapon.
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Texas running back Quintrevion Wisner carries the ball through Texas A&M defenders during the fourth quarter of Saturday night’s 17-7 win over the Aggies at Kyle Field in College Station. Wisner finished the game with a career-high 35 touches and a career-high 186 rushing yards.
Over and over he slammed into the line of scrimmage, always falling forward, always seeking contact. The yardage came in chunks. Eight here. Five there. Then 16. Then another eight.
“As the game goes on, the more I get comfortable running the ball and seeing my reads, seeing my landmarks, the more I’m able to be explosive in my runs,” Wisner said.
He averaged 5.6 yards per carry against a Texas A&M defense that had been allowing 3.9 yards per rush. Crucially, he stabilized Texas’ offense amid another two-turnover showing from quarterback…
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Author : Austin American-Statesman
Publish date : 2024-12-01 15:01:00
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