Jashaun Corbin, Florida State Football News: Draft Scout Player News

08/23/21 - RB Jashaun Corbin, rJr/2022, Florida State

Florida State running back Jashaun Corbin is back and healthy and nobody is happier about that than the redshirt sophomore himself. "I definitely found my youth again," said Corbin, who is coming off his first season with the Seminoles. The 6-foot, 220-pounder started eight of the nine games last season, finishing second on the team with 401 rushing yards and five touchdowns as he continued to work his way back from a devastating hamstring injury he suffered at the start of the 2019 season while at Texas A&M. But as FSU enters the midway point of fall camp, Corbin's demonstrated the quickness and drive that made him one of the top all-purpose backs in the country out of Rockledge High in 2018. It was his performance in last Saturday's scrimmage that drew praise from the coaching staff.

"Jashaun Corbin showed flashes of why we brought him here," said offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham. "He showed flashes of that starter at a high level at a young age. He went through a time where he had to get healthy and he went through that year the first year back and today was the best I have seen him run since he's been on this campus." "The scrimmage kind of was like … the light bulb went off for me and I just played ball, I stopped thinking and just trusted myself and just played ball," added Corbin. While FSU finished in the bottom half of the ACC in total offense last season, the Seminoles did show significant improvement in the run game. The team averaged close to 200 yards per game on the ground, with quarterback Jordan Travis (559 yards) and tailbacks La'Damian Webb (369 yards), Lawrance Toafili (356 yards) and Corbin making up most of the production. "Getting back to how I used to play and just knowing when it's time to be physical and when it's time to make guys miss," said Corbin. "It definitely feels good to get back into that mode again." - Orlando Sentinel

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