Gophers star RB Taylor to return vs

• Pete Thamel, ESPNSep 7, 2024, 09:00 AM ET

Minnesota tailback Darius Taylor will return for the Gophers on Saturday.Taylor missed the

season opener against North Carolina with a leg injury, however he is not listed as out on the accessibility report released Saturday early morning. He is set to begin for Minnesota against Rhode Island, marking the return of one of the Big 10’s most gifted tailbacks.Taylor emerged as among

the Big 10’s leading tailbacks last September, jumping out as the league’s leading rush before injuries cut short his freshman year. His average of 133.2 rushing backyards per game would have led the nation, but he didn’t have adequate games to qualify.He ended up the season with 799 lawns in spite of playing in simply 6 games. The yardage total was the fifth most by a Minnesota freshman in school history.Taylor is a 6-foot, 215-pound running back from Detroit.

He scored five touchdowns in his 6 games in 2015 and capped the season with 208 rushing backyards in the Quick Lane Bowl win over Bowling Green.In its opening loss to North Carolina, Marcus Major took a bulk of the carries for Minnesota and ran for 73 lawns on 20 attempts. The Oklahoma transfer scored a touchdown and revealed himself as an existence in the Gophers ‘tailback rotation.