Georgia Tech has a dead heat at B-back. Patrick Skov and Marcus Marshall share the top line of the depth chart at the position, coach Paul Johnson said Monday after practice.
The two have overtaken Marcus Allen, who began the preseason as the No. 1 but is now on the second string. Skov, a graduate transfer from Stanford, impressed coaches with a strong scrimmage on Saturday after Marshall, a first-year freshman, had played well in the first scrimmage.
“We’ll sort it out,” Johnson said. “We’ve still got 2 ½ weeks (before the season opener), but they’re both going to play. In fact, all three of them will probably play.”
Tech opens the season Sept. 3 against Alcorn State. Monday’s practice was the first of the preseason dedicated to preparing for the first game.
In the scrimmage on Saturday, Skov played with “good energy,” quarterbacks and B-backs coach Bryan Cook said. Unofficially, he ran eight times for 86 yards with two touchdowns and also caught a 24-yard pass. With strong play from the offensive line – Cook likened it to “the parting of the Red Sea”– Skov played with confidence and “kind of got in that zone a little bit Saturday.”
Marshall is on track to become the first first-year freshman to receive playing time at B-back in Johnson’s tenure.
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