College offenses are changing and the spread is nowhere as prevalent as it was even two years ago. The running quarterback isn’t as popular in the pros and high school kids see the best shot at the ultimate level coming in a pro style offense. You can go on and on with reasons explaining how a quarterback just isn’t likely to run for a ton of yards.

Or, in Pat White’s case, more than two tons of yards.

The question when the season started was when Pat would break Brad Smith’s record. Within the season, the question became if he’d break the record. Now that it’s in Pat’s possession, the question is will it ever be broken. Popular opinion? Not any time soon.

No other active quarterback is in the top 20 among the position’s all-time rushing leaders and no one has more than 2,500 yards.

“This is one of those you might not see broken for 20 or 40 years,” said redshirt freshman Don Barclay, who made his first career start while junior left guard Greg Isdaner was limited to one series after sustaining a head injury in practice.

“Maybe it never gets broken. This is one of those ones you really look at like, ‘Wow, how the heck did he do that? You’ve got to average over 1,000 yards every season. As a quarterback. A lot of people still run the spread, but the running back gets the ball a lot. Pat’s so versatile, he runs and passes the ball.”