I hope the below charts work correctly.. Here is a comparison of coleman and franklin rushing. My takeaway is just that. These are 2 statistically similar running backs. I would argue Coleman has the slight edge however. One significant difference however is that fumbling issue. Coleman has 1 fumble since his freshman season. Franklin has improved since his freshman year, but he is still bad. The columns list number of times a carry goes for each distance. My thought process on categories were no gains and losses are bad, 1-3 doesn't get you a third of a 1st down, 4-9 is solid and will move chains consistently, good runs but not past the 2nd tier defense, and bigger runs.
<1 1-3 4-9 10-19 20+ fum lost fum% car yds avg
Coleman 2011 1 7 8 3 2 0 0 0% 21 152 7.24
Coleman 2010 13 29 27 9 4 1 0 1% 82 487 5.94
Coleman 2009 11 20 17 4 2 0 0 0% 54 244 4.52
Coleman 2008 11 19 17 3 3 2 2 4% 53 284 5.36
total 36 75 69 19 11 3 2 1% 210 1167 5.56
Franklin 2011 7 10 9 4 2 1 1 3% 32 209 6.53
Franklin 2010 34 72 80 20 8 6 4 3% 214 1127 5.27
Franklin 2009 26 50 35 11 4 9 2 7% 126 566 4.49
total 67 132 124 35 14 16 7 4% 372 1902 5.11
td car/td % 10+ % 20+ % <1 % <0-3
Coleman 2011 2 10.50 24% 10% 5% 38%
Coleman 2010 5 16.40 16% 5% 16% 51%
Coleman 2009 1 54.00 11% 4% 20% 57%
Coleman 2008 2 26.50 11% 6% 21% 57%
total 10 21.00 14% 5% 17% 53%
Franklin 2011 2 16.00 19% 6% 22% 53%
Franklin 2010 8 26.75 13% 4% 16% 50%
Franklin 2009 5 25.20 12% 3% 21% 60%
total 15 24.80 13% 4% 18% 53%
coleman td length avg 11.2 yds
Franklin td length avg 16.33 yds
Although Franklin seems to be more of a home run threat Coleman still enjoys an advantage in pct of carries over 10 yds the last season and 2 games and 20 yds in Franklin's career. Interestingly the short carry stats are similar as well. Franklin probably gets thrown for more losses, but the 3 and under carries over their career are identical as a pct at 53.
My bottom line is you better be Barry Sanders or Adrian Peterson if you can't hold onto the football well. I believe Neuheisal needs to send a message and not keep letting someone fumble.. especially if they have a backup that can do the job just as well getting half the carries.


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