In college football, the top running backs usually average 5-6 yards per carry.

The nation’s leading rusher, Iowa’s Shonn Greene, averages 6.2. The leading rusher in the MAC,

Ball State’s MiQuale Lewis, is currently at 5.9.

But as far as yards per carry go, those backs don’t have anything on Navy’s Shun White.

White averages an astounding 8.4 yards per carry as a slot back in Navy’s triple option attack.

The senior currently has 873 yards on the season and has scored seven touchdowns.

With two games to go as well as a bowl game, White is basically a lock to reach 1,000 yards.

“[He’s] very skilled,” said NIU head coach Jerry Kill. “He gets a lot of balls off the pitch, you can’t let him get the ball pitched.”

Kill ran a similar version of Navy’s offense early in his coaching career: the split back veer.

“I’ve been a part of option football for a long time, but not this specific attack,” Kill said. “The problem, whether you’ve faced it or not, is getting ready for it for four or five days, that’s where everybody struggles.”

Navy’s backfield features a fullback, as well as two slot backs. When going up against an attack like this, defenses have to focus on the fullback dive, the quarterback keeping the ball, and the option pitch.

“It’s something that you definitely have to be disciplined with,” said defensive end Larry English.

Last season in Navy’s contest against NIU, White ran eight times for 53 yards and had a 15-yard touchdown run.