When Carson Beck arrived in pre-practice meetings or in offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson’s offense during camp, he would diagram a few choice plays.

“I’d go up on the board and I’d draw quarterback power or quarterback counter,” Beck said, “and everybody’d just laugh at me, because we’re literally never going to run that ever, even if I beg them to do it every single day.”

But Beck got a chance to show off his running ability on Saturday, rushing for 28 yards and scoring a touchdown in a blowout win over USF.

“It’s not something that I’m going to do every play or that we’re going to obviously depend on,” Beck said. “But it’s something that I’m willing to do and it’s something I always joke about.”

Beck’s primary means of powering the offense is his arm, not his legs. And throug

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