College Sports: Texas RB Keaontay Ingram still dissatisfied after eclipsing the 100-meter mark for the first time in his university career

AUSTIN – It's been 399 days and 18 games since a half-Longhorn offender had accumulated at least 100 yards in a game.

Surprisingly, the last return to Texas to accomplish this feat was a guy by the name of Chris Warren III – a promising former Longhorns ball carrier, who was mixed to play late in the season at the end of last season. Warren had 166 yards rushing and two touchdowns against the modest San Jose state in the second game of the 2017 season in Texas.

But on Saturday against Baylor – a day when Texas honored his former running back Ricky Williams for the 20th anniversary of his victory in the Heisman Trophy – it was perhaps just that the return of a Longhorn eclipse the brand again 100 yards.

Rookie Keaontay Ingram, who had already shown a lot of promise before Saturday, ran the ball 19 times for 110 yards. Stadium.

"For me, you know, it's just another day at the office," Ingram said. "My job is to manage it, to trust my offensive line and my lag, and to play my part."

Ingram did more than play his role on Saturday in his first 100-yard college match – he loved it. And considering that he has already fought a few injuries just seven games of his college career, he also had to fight.

Ingram suffered a bruise to the MCL and to the bone during the win against the United States against Tulsa, which forced him to miss the next week's victory over USC. He was also a victim of a hip pointer the following week during the victory over TCU.

Since then, Ingram has still not been thoroughly. Texas coach Tom Herman said after Saturday's win over Baylor that Ingram still only worked at "90%".

"He probably has some stuff lying around," Herman said, "but nothing that would keep him out of the game."

They certainly did not stop Ingram from being out of games in the last four weeks and he was often called at crucial moments. Take the last offensive in Manhattan, a few weeks ago, that sealed a 19-14 victory against Kansas State, or last week's surprise of the No. 1 of the time. 7 Oklahoma when Ingram had 86 yards on just 13 runs.

Or again on Saturday afternoon against Baylor, when Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger lost the first practice of the match and the Longhorns lost after five straight wins. There was Ingram, just a real freshman, to help stabilize the running and, therefore, the Texas offensive.

"It was tough (fighting injuries), but I'm playing on the back, it's my job: playing with injuries," said Ingram. "The mental and physical strength is what we preach in this program.The mere fact of getting through all these things is just another hurdle that I have to overcome."

Ingram, who averages 6.2 yards per run over the season, said he would be getting closer to his health early in the season.

"I feel pretty good right now," Ingram said. "I'm starting to feel like before."

He also did not hesitate to criticize himself after the victory.

Ingram was still not happy with his performance, nor the whole season. The back of 6-foot-1 and 190-pound, originally from the 4th year of High School Carthage High School, was imposed by an "F" when he was asked to note the beginning of his academic career.

"I think I could have done better with the opportunities I had," Ingram said. "I have to draw more benefits.On some of these runs, I have the impression that I could have had more yards, but that's on me." just have to get better and better each day. "

Ingram will surely have more and more opportunities as the season progresses. Tre Watson and he, a graduate of Cal, are clearly the leaders of the Texas backfield right now.

But there is no doubt that the future of Texas rests on Ingram, whose fantasy and play have made heads turn. However, his self-criticism reminded everyone that we see only the beginning of the caliber of the player Ingram.

"I can see that dissatisfaction – this willingness to always do its best to improve its practices," said Elijah Rodriguez, the senior right guard, about Ingram. "He always practices very hard and pays particular attention to details and strives to improve every day.It is the kind of guy you want in your team, you want to contribute to your culture. . "