Jabari Small Opts Out of the bowl game

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The backfield rotation has shrunk heading into the Citrus Bowl.

Expect Sampson to start in the bowl, and he's the frontrunner to take that role next season. Sampson has 471 yards rushing, 175 yards receiving and eight TDs this season.

Freshman Cameron Seldon should step into the rotation. He has 51 yards on 12 carries this season. Freshman Khalifa Keith, who has seven carries for 14 yards, will be the third option.

Rushing yards could be tough to come by. Iowa touts the No. 4 scoring defense in the nation, allowing 13.2 points per game. And it's allowed only four rushing TDs this season, the second-fewest in FBS.

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Jabari had some very good games during his career with UT. Good luck to him in the future. The good news about this is that Sampson is going to get plenty of touches and imo he should have gotten more during the season. Wright opting out of this game is a much bigger loss.
 
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Don't know his reason for this, and to announce it less than a week from the bowl game, but perhaps the practices weren't exactly going his way and he saw his playing time was going to be reduced? Maybe the other guys appear to have stepped up?
 
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just bob said:
Don't know his reason for this, and to announce it less than a week from the bowl game, but perhaps the practices weren't exactly going his way and he saw his playing time was going to be reduced? Maybe the other guys appear to have stepped up?
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Knoxnews said he did not practice for bowl prep.
 
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MiramarVol said:
The backfield rotation has shrunk heading into the Citrus Bowl.

Expect Sampson to start in the bowl, and he's the frontrunner to take that role next season. Sampson has 471 yards rushing, 175 yards receiving and eight TDs this season.

Freshman Cameron Seldon should step into the rotation. He has 51 yards on 12 carries this season. Freshman Khalifa Keith, who has seven carries for 14 yards, will be the third option.

Rushing yards could be tough to come by. Iowa touts the No. 4 scoring defense in the nation, allowing 13.2 points per game. And it's allowed only four rushing TDs this season, the second-fewest in FBS.

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And IIRC only allowed one run from scrimmage for more than 20 yards. Hopefully we'll be able to space and mismatching to take advantage of our speed BUT Iowa D is clearly strong.
 
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just bob said:
Don't know his reason for this, and to announce it less than a week from the bowl game, but perhaps the practices weren't exactly going his way and he saw his playing time was going to be reduced? Maybe the other guys appear to have stepped up?
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According to the KnoxNews article embedded above, Small hasn’t been participating in Bowl practices:

“Small did not participate in bowl practices, and he is not traveling with the team here on Wednesday. He has not announced his plans for 2024.”

So apparently, CJH has known Small (and Wright) won’t be playing in the Bowl for some time and has game planned accordingly.
 
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