Running back unit breaks down three-headed monster

Clarence McKinney

"It’s been a friendly competition. We know the QB competition is the one that everyone has spotlighted, but these guys have competed all fall camp. It’s been really interesting to see one guy have a good day and different one the next day."

"This is these guys' third year in the offense and they have a good understanding of what we want them to do, and then their God-given ability takes over."

"They compliment each other really well. We have different expectations for all of them, we know their strengths, know their weaknesses and try to play toward those strengths."

"It’s possible. Any one of them can be a thousand-yard rusher. They compete with each other but are happy for the others' success. There is no animosity."

"Tra is a guy that is going to run through you. Brandon Williams is a fast guy and Trey Williams will make you miss."

"In our offense everyone has to be unselfish. Depending on how the defense plays us, you may get a receiver who gets 10 catches a game or a back with 20 carries and they won't get a single one next week."

"We average 80-90 plays, which would be hard for one guy to block, run, and catch out of the backfield for that number of plays. To be able to spread it out and keep a fresh guy in plays to our advantage. All three of them are starters in my book."

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Tra Carson

"First of all, compared to Trey Williams, I'm Michael Jordan on the basketball court."

"Everyone wants the ball and we want to do what it takes to help the team win. All three of us (RBs) are veterans and we need to be leaders."

"The biggest adjustment I've had to make is learning how to have a bigger role in the offense."

"We all (RBs) want to see each other do well. We have to push each other every day. Off the field, we're all very close. It makes the competition better."

"I would win a race in the 20. It would be close in the 40 between Trey and Brandon ... but B-Will would pull ahead in the 60."

"I would describe my running style as 'bang bang.' (Laughter.)"

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Trey Williams

"I'm taking notes from Christine Michael and Ben Malena and using that to my advantage to make this a better season and help the team win."

"As a running back, you always need to get in that groove and get that feel for it, because you can't get into it with just a carry or two. A few more carries and I'll get in a groove and get the offense going."

"Just doing the things Coach (Clarence) McKinney tells me to do: getting stronger, getting in the right position to pick up the blitz. I definitely feel like I've gotten better at picking up blitzes and handle those big guys."

"Just the carries I need. As many carries as I can get to help the team win."

"We make each other better. I say that every interview. We work together. It's a competition, but we try to get that bond as a group and get better as a group instead of just a bunch of individuals always trying to beat each other out."

"BWill is more of a slash and dash type guy, and Tra Carson, he's going to give it to you. I feel like I'm just more of the quick and swish-swish type. That's pretty much what I have. We all have a great amount of ability. I feel like no defense can stop our abilities."

"You've got the pound, and when you try to stop the pound, you got the slash, and when you try to stop the slash, you got the speed, quickness and agility. It's like, 'Dang, what can we do?' Then, next thing you know, we're passing. It's a lot of abilities to try and stop, and I feel we're going to keep rolling."

"I always work on catching. I've never really had a problem of doing that. I've always been a pretty strong catcher. I've been working on getting better at blocking the most."

"'Swish-swish' is what y'all saw at the Ole Miss game. (Laughter.)"

"I do BWill and Tra Carson in all the time in basketball. I'm more of a Derek Fisher. I got that left hand, they can't mess with that. I'd say Tra Carson is more of a Chris Bosh, and BWill is more of a Gary Payton. I'm more of a LeBron James."

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Brandon Williams

“I feel like I’m all around, slash, bang-bang, catch out the backfield, all of that.”

“I feel like every year is going to be a breakout year for me. I've got a great O-line, like I do every year. I put in the time and the work so you know preparation. With the hard work you can be successful so yeah.”

“We might go against a team that’s slower so Trey Williams and I would be a better fit for them. You might have a team that’s faster and got a little weight on them so Tra Carson would be better for that.”

“I originally went to Oklahoma and not seeing (my daughter) like I’m supposed to — because I was so far — that brought me back to Texas. I really was destined to come to Texas A&M because I was really trying to come back to any school in Texas because of her.”

“I’m the starting gunner. Floyd Raven has No. 5, he’s senior and I’m a junior, so yeah (about the number change).”

“There ain’t no I in team. Without the team we wouldn’t be anything. We are all a piece of the puzzle. We all come together to make a perfect picture. I can’t do it without Tra C.; Tra C can’t do it without Trey Williams. We all come together. O-line comes together, quarterback, receivers and that’s how we get points on the board.”

“My big thing is family. My little girls — I have two girls now, Lila and Serenity — my two girls mean everything to me. If I have to stop playing football right now for my little girls and have to get a regular job, 9 to 5, I would do that."

“My little girls, like I said. I will do anything for my little girls. I will go into any situation, bad, good for my little girls. I do this for my little girls. Can’t a regular person come out here every day of the year and do what we do without having any kind of motivation towards it, and my little girls are my motivation to do this.”