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Charles Scott’s approach to running the football is straight forward and to the point.
He’s not flashy or particularly fast, but he’s plenty effective. Just ask the Auburn defense, which gave up 132 yards to Scott last Saturday in LSU’s 26-21 win in Jordan-Hare Stadium.
The 5-foot-11, 233-pound junior became the first LSU running back in history to rush for 100 yards at Auburn.
So what’s his secret?
“When I see a defense, especially a good one, I’m going to bring it to you all night until you get tired of it,” Scott said. “It’s going to be me and you and me and you all night, and we’re going to see who quits first.”
Through three games, Scott has already surpassed his rushing total from all of last season when he was picking up whatever leftover scraps he could muster while playing behind Jacob Hester.
Scott has 394 yards on 44 carries and is leading the SEC with an average of 131.3 yards per game. He’s the first LSU player since All-American Charles Alexander in 1978 to open the season with three straight 100-yard rushing performances.
“He runs through a lot of arm tackles and keeps his legs moving,” LSU senior center Brett Helms said. “He’s such a load to bring down. He just needs a little crease and he’s gone, and that makes our job so much easier.”
While everybody in the Bayou spent the offseason handicapping who was the favorite to replace Hester as the go-to running back this season, Scott wasn’t necessarily the name you heard first in those conversations.
Keiland Williams was faster with more breakaway potential, and Richard Murphy dazzled with a big spring. The book on Scott was that he was more of the power back.
He was also determined, though, to be the Tigers’ marquee back.
“I’ve never studied harder and focused more mentally than I did this past year,” Scott said. “I worked my butt off to become a better back and a more complete back. I’m so tuned into the game now and what my role is that it comes naturally.
ESPN.com
9/24/08
Magnolia Tribune
