...only healthy tailback, coach Butch Davis is now revisiting whether to redshirt Ryan Houston or have the former short-yardage specialist return to the lineup this weekend against No. 16 Virginia Tech.NORTH CAROLINA STATE: Kicker Josh Czajkowski...

...Duce Staley (4.3 yards per carry) and Jerome Bettis is working. Players to watch: Bettis, becoming a short-yardage specialist, has run for 5 TDs on 18 carries for Steelers. Browns' Kenard Lang is third in NFL with 4 sacks. Key stat...

...Garner's first fumble in 387 touches, but it didn't hurt his team. Moments later, Zack Crockett, Oakland's short-yardage specialist, scored his 10th touchdown of the season, from the 1. Although the Jets moved well on their next possession...

...promising freshman season for the Bulldogs in 1999. He led the team with seven sacks and also was used as a short-yardage specialist on offense, rushing 17 times for 79 yards and three touchdowns. "People expect that all the time," Grant...

...or Vanderbilt. For insurance purposes as much as anything else, the coaches also have spent more time with short-yardage specialist Charles Grant and true freshman Kenny Bailey in practice this week. Donnan said Grant's practice time is...

...yards. One of the top returners, sophomore Joe Burns, rushed for 474 yards and five TDs. He is joined by short-yardage specialist Phillip Rogers, a senior, and red-shirt freshman Gordon Clinkscale. Solid blocker Ed Wilder (Washington-Wilkes...

...second-leading rusher last year with 466 yards, again will be the No. 2 tailback and fullback. Used often as a short-yardage specialist, Rogers has been told he will play some at flanker this year. He also expects to carry the ball more -- Rogers...

...status grew when he converted a fourth-and-1 play at Tennessee as a freshman, becoming a goal-line and short-yardage specialist and helping Florida win its first national title in a decade. He's been more impressive since, with jump...

...interceptions, and while he was only sacked once, he took several hard shots.Freshman Trey Burton, the Gators' new short-yardage specialist who scored a record six touchdowns last week, was bottled up in his few opportunities and showed he's no...

...season. "Emmitt can pick holes, he can still do that," Green said after Sunday's game. Bettis is now a short-yardage specialist for Duce Staley, the Steelers' prime ball carrier. "You are in a role and you have to do what they ask you...