Tide content sharing rushing duties

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Damien Harris doesn't believe Alabama's tailbacks will be bickering over carries, or lack of them.

Bo Scarbrough said they’ll remain supportive of each other, even down to getting water for a fellow back as they prepare to take on Florida State in the season opener.

Based on the end of the last season, Scarbrough appears likely to start out as the featured back for the Crimson Tide this season but there's plenty of strong options to take handoffs.

“That whole ‘I want the carries’ mentality, that really doesn’t exist among us,” said Harris, last year’s leading rusher.

Running backs coach Burton Burns has deftly juggled NFL-bound tailback tandems and even trios over his decade-long tenure in Tuscaloosa. It's always worked out just fine in the end with six tailbacks getting drafted in the first three rounds since 2011.

The big exception to the tandem system came in 2015 when Derrick Henry carried most of the workload en route to the Heisman Trophy.

This group could provide quite the juggling act for Burns, and it may be a fluid situation depending on the hot hand or a young back's progression.

“Running back is a position that you can’t have too many of,” new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll said. “You can find creative ways to try to use them.”

Next game: FSU vs. Alabama (Atlanta), Sept. ABC

Associated Press 2, 8 p.m.