{"id":186395,"date":"2023-08-27T01:20:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T01:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=186395"},"modified":"2023-08-27T01:20:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T01:20:28","slug":"running-back-alton-mccaskill-iv-ready-to-bust-loose-prove-himself-with-cu-buffs-the-denver-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/running-back-alton-mccaskill-iv-ready-to-bust-loose-prove-himself-with-cu-buffs-the-denver-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Running back Alton McCaskill IV ready to bust loose, prove himself with CU Buffs &#8211; The Denver Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/BUF-L-CUFB-PRESEASONCAMP-20-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Alton McCaskill IV is itching to break free and show what he can do on the football field, but the Colorado running back first has to shed the non-contact jersey he\u2019s been wearing throughout preseason camp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen can I get out of this?\u201d he asked head coach Deion Sanders during practice on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Buffs\u2019 head coach responded with some valuable advice and insight as to why McCaskill continues to wear the yellow jersey every day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo I need you for practice or do I need you for a game?\u201d Sanders said to McCaskill. \u201cYou\u2019re trying to shoot a commercial; I want to see a movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sanders added: \u201cI know you feel good right now, but after you feel good, you\u2019ve got to give it more time. \u2026 I want you to feel good like that for a week straight, how you feel right now. I believe in you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCaskill wouldn\u2019t be in Boulder if Sanders and the Buffaloes didn\u2019t believe in him and they\u2019ll need him when they kick off the season Sept. 2 at TCU (10 a.m. MT, Fox).<\/p>\n<p>As a true freshman in 2021, the 6-foot-1, 200-pound McCaskill was sensational for Houston, rushing for 961 yards and 16 touchdowns while averaging 5.1 yards per carry. He also caught 21 passes for 113 yards and two touchdowns and earned American Athletic Conference rookie of the year honors.<\/p>\n<p>In April of 2022, however, he tore his ACL in a non-contact drill and he missed the entire season. McCaskill had a good spring with the Cougars but then made the surprise decision to enter the transfer portal. He committed to CU in May.<\/p>\n<h2>Related Articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><span><br \/>\nVideo: Analysis of CU Buffs D-line rotation, and another Hall of Famer visits<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span><br \/>\nFreshman Dylan Edwards brings electricity to CU Buffs offense<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span><br \/>\nPac-12 looking like a football powerhouse in what may be conference&#8217;s final season<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span><br \/>\nSean Lewis sticking to (his) script as CU Buffs zero in on No. 17 TCU<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span><br \/>\nCU Buffs turning attention to TCU: &#8220;We\u2019re here to dominate&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been really good,\u201d McCaskill said recently. \u201cIt\u2019s been really good, really smooth, really simple. I would say Boulder\u2019s very welcoming, very pretty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The only disappointment so far has been his inability to showcase his full talent in practice, but he said he is ready to roll whenever the coaches turn him loose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel really good. I feel really confident,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m feeling explosive. I\u2019m just taking things day by day right now. That\u2019s why I\u2019m still in this yellow. I\u2019m just taking things day by day, but mentally I feel pretty good. I\u2019m just excited, honestly. It\u2019s been so long since I\u2019ve been in a football atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What excites McCaskill as much as anything is the group he\u2019s playing with at running back.<\/p>\n<p>Although the coaching staff brought him to Boulder to be the potential leader of the group, McCaskill is impressed with the overall talent and diversity in the room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExtremely confident (in the group),\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got one of the best running back rooms, if not the best, in the nation. Tied with the O-line and how hard they work, we\u2019re gonna be really good. Our run game, honestly, might shock a lot of people. It might even shock (quarterback Shedeur Sanders); it might shock him. We\u2019re gonna be really good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/BUF-L-CUFall389.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>In addition to McCaskill, the Buffs brought in Kavosiey Smoke, a sixth-year senior who rushed for 1,583 yards in his career at Kentucky; and Sy\u2019veon Wilkerson, a first-team All-SWAC performer last year after rushing for 1,152 yards at Jackson State.<\/p>\n<p>Dynamic four-star recruit Dylan Edwards is a true freshman who has starred throughout camp. And, the Buffs have Anthony Hankerson and workhorse walk-on Charlie Offerdahl back from the 2022 squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoach Prime told us after practice that you can literally close your eyes and just pick one of us,\u201d McCaskill said. \u201cEverybody\u2019s fully capable \u2013 fully capable \u2013 of getting the job done, without a doubt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all different archetypes in there. We\u2019ve got short and mighty, we\u2019ve got short and fast and you got balanced. It\u2019s a lot of archetypes in there that\u2019s very, very useful, especially with this offense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Offensive coordinator Sean Lewis said it\u2019s an exciting group of backs to have as weapons in his up-tempo offense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re very, very talented, top to bottom,\u201d he said. \u201cEach of them has a unique skill set. They all bring something different to the table, and it\u2019s kind of almost like a spice rack, right? You don\u2019t want a spice rack with just all salt, just all sugar. They all bring a little something different to the recipe, which makes us and allows us to create something special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But, will there be enough carries to keep McCaskill and everyone else happy?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefinitely,\u201d McCaskill said. \u201cWe\u2019re gonna figure out the way to get people the ball, definitely, without a doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2023\/08\/24\/running-back-alton-mccaskill-iv-ready-to-bust-loose-prove-himself-with-cu-buffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alton McCaskill IV is itching to break free and show what he can do on the football field, but the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Running back Alton McCaskill IV ready to bust loose, prove himself with CU Buffs &#8211; 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