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  Pooka Williams is the undisputed star of the Kansas football offense. If you ask some of the Jayhawks, though, the preseason All-Big 12 running back has more than just a backup or sidekick in Velton Gardner. Even though Gardner is entering his sophomore season having not yet carried the ball more than five times in a KU game, at least one of his teammates views Gardner as the co-star in Williams' magic show. Senior receiver Andrew Parchment considers the KU duo one of the best running back combinations in the country. "That's 1A and 1B," Parchment proclaimed earlier this week. A bit of an afterthought in KU's offensive game plan many weeks in 2019, Gardner was expected to be the team's third-string back as a true freshman.

But once Khalil Herbert decided to redshirt and ultimately left the program, Gardner, a three-star Dallas athlete in KU's 2019 recruiting class, got a jumpstart on his college career. All of Gardner's carries came in the final eight games of the season, as he finished with 26 rushing attempts, 138 yards, 5.3 yards per carry and two touchdowns. "Velton takes a lot from Pooka, but Pooka takes a lot from Velton, as well," Parchment said. "They're a very good mix and match together, because I don't feel like we lose anything when Velton's in the game and I don't feel like we lose anything when Pooka's in the game. And it gets very scary when both of them are in the game." - Lawrence Journal World


rSr/2024 RB Velton GardnerSouthern Methodist
News Source: Lawrence Journal World



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