*Jaret Patterson, Buffalo Football News: Draft Scout Player News

04/08/20 - RB *Jaret Patterson, rJr/2021, Buffalo

A strong 2019 season brought UB's overall record to 24-15 since 2017, marking the program's first time having three consecutive seasons of being at or above a .500 winning percentage during its Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) era. This past fall also produced the Bulls first taste of back-to-back bowl seasons, after just two coming from 1999-2013. The team also placed a program record 12 players on the All-Mid-American Conference team. One of the biggest factors in that success was tailback Jaret Patterson, who rewrote the UB record book last fall. Patterson's sophomore campaign saw him setting single-season program records for rushing yards (1,799), yards from scrimmage (2,008), rushing touchdowns (19) and total touchdowns (20). The two-time All-MAC selection ranked fifth in the nation in rushing and was one of only six players to account for over 2,000 yards from scrimmage and score 20 or more TDs.

Patterson and the Bulls were nearly done with the first two phases of their 2020 offseason schedule. After a great winter conditioning period in the newly minted Murchie Family Fieldhouse, UB would open up the spring season by getting a good portion of its 15 scheduled spring practices, ahead of the annual spring game slated for April 3. But before they knew it, just like everyone else in the nation, the sweeping impact of the COVID-19 outbreak picked off the Bulls' spring schedule. Patterson does think the abbreviated spring will pay off for UB this fall, though, simply because of the advantage it'll have over other programs. "We really got a head start because we started (earlier) than most programs so that's a good thing," Patterson said in a conversation on Twitter. "But definitely missing out on them other practices and reps are big. I don't really think it will affect us, we just have to make them (up) whenever (we) get back to things." - Niagara Gazette

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