![]() It was a good break, though, because Sanders admitted the time off helped him relax a little bit. Sanders didn’t get back on the field until there was less than five minutes on the clock in the third, meaning he was relegated to the sideline for about a quarter. ![]() That play happened with about five minutes left in the second quarter. We’ve got other backs that can go in there, but he’s a great kid and he rebounded.” “We’ve got to let guys think about it for a minute. “I didn’t feel like he was hitting the holes the way he should have and he put the ball on the ground,” Pittman said. It wasn’t a fumble, as he was already ruled down, but Sam Pittman had seen enough. ![]() His next seven carries gained 74 yards, but when he lost the ball on a 1-yard run, his hot start was halted by being sent to the bench. After all, he fumbled the first time he touched the ball, spoiling the Razorbacks’ opening drive. To act as though Rocket Sanders played a perfect game Saturday would be disingenuous. And, yes, that includes the legendary two-time Heisman Trophy runner-up - but more on that later. His numbers at this point of the year are comparable, if not better, than any running back to come before him at Arkansas. It was the fifth time Sanders has eclipsed the century mark this season and he widened the gap - which was already 114 yards - between himself and everyone else as the SEC’s leading rusher. Now he’s catching everybody’s attention by storm.” “A lot of people going into the season didn’t really know who Rocket was. “He’s carrying the load,” quarterback KJ Jefferson said. ![]() He had to shake off an early fumble and missed about a quarter of play because of it, but still racked up a career-high rushing total including a 64-yard touchdown run that proved to be the final dagger to a pesky Cougars team that was ranked in the AP Poll until dropping out this week. The sophomore’s latest masterpiece was a 175-yard, two-touchdown performance in Arkansas’ 52-35 win at BYU, a game head coach Sam Pittman considered a “must-win” riding a three-game losing streak and with an open date on the horizon. Yes - he’s been *that* good through the Razorbacks’ first seven games of the season. Rocket Sanders is having a Darren McFadden-like season. PROVO, Utah - Consider this a warning that the following statement may be considered blasphemous by Arkansas football fans. ![]()
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