![]() ![]() "So I decided to work on my mental and try better to calm myself down when I'm in the game." I was just really excited and anxious," Sumo said. The week before, after rushing for 79 yards and a touchdown during a 21-20 win over ECU, Sumo's one more was one word. Sumo had 70 yards on seven carries in the Week 2 win over Charleston Southern but did not carry the ball in the second half after the game was well in hand. ![]() "He (coach Kurt Roper) tells me all the time, I'm 210 pounds and no one person can tackle me." "My coach was telling me that I make a lot of cuts and that sometimes I could make it easier on myself to go north and run through people," Sumo said. Next to Sumo's name is "get vertical at the end of the run." Next to their names are their "one more" - the extra thing for each player to focus on that week. I just go out and let my game speak for itself." ' One more'Ä«etween bites of lasagna on Tuesday night inside NC State's football facility, Sumo points to a whiteboard with the names of all the running backs listed together. ![]() "I don't really speak too much on my game. It's a small body of work, but there have been flashes of greatness - most notably a 24-yard touchdown run in the first half against East Carolina, an exciting 22-yard scamper in the fourth quarter where he eluded half a dozen ECU defenders before being stopped at the 1-yard line and a 38-yard touchdown catch against Texas Tech from wide receiver Thayer Thomas. ![]()
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