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This years offensive outlook makes Virginia fans get excited about the upcoming year. Wali Lundy is All-World when he's freak'n plays! If given enough carries he should claim First Team ALL-ACC honors. The cavaliers may have the deepest in the country! Well, exactly how deep are the cavs? An amazing thought is that the most talented tailback may only be their third string RB!Yes Michael Johnson is the most high profile Running Back to ever put on a Uva uniform. Coming out of high-school he was a consensus top 20 recrut and All-American. Rivals.com rated him as the 2nd best back in all the country only following Lorenzo Booker, the #1 recruit regardless of position. So with all this potential from one of it's RB'S what about the other guy we've left out? The #2 Tailback! Yes Alvin Pearman is a Returning senior. Alvin is an outstanding north & south runner who isn't flashy but can read defenses and has a knack for finding an opening. This very style that Pearman has allows Al Groh to switch off tailbacks without loosing productivity. What can we expect from these three,Lundy,Johnson and Pearman? Lundy will nab top acc honors quote me on this.He can serve it up in many different ways from the unbelieveable spins, jukes, (that oh btw would make james brown proud) to the bruising power of lundy(who is just as lethal split wide. As was mentioned earlier Johnson was considered by many experts including Guru Benjamin Hare to be the most heralded RB to ever step foot on Uva grounds. Yet due to the rigors that came along with playing the glorified D-1 ball, Johnson's 6'1 180lb frame was not fit for the conditions of playing in such. But having bulked up to 200lbs and improving his cuts(you can't improve his 4.3 speed) he is ready to prove all the hype was warranted. He will solidify himself as a threat to turn the momentum around if need for the young cavs. Pearman? He'll be his old productive self. Look for his carries do go down with the further utilizing of Michael Johnson. Yet when he is in expect no dropoff in productivity of the other backs.As was found out last year with the F.S.U. game if shut down or not allowed to play as much pearman WILL find ways to contribute as was evident by his amazing 164 yard receiving performance by him in that game.