{"id":490644,"date":"2026-01-04T01:06:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T01:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/490644\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T01:06:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T01:06:40","slug":"wilcox-tabbed-to-lead-frog-running-backs-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/490644\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilcox Tabbed to Lead Frog Running Backs in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FORT WORTH \u2013<\/strong> Antonio Wilcox, who most recently worked with new TCU Offensive Coordinator Gordon Sammis at UConn, has been tabbed to lead the Frog running backs, head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/gofrogs.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/coaches\/sonny-dykes\/1731\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"1731\" target=\"_blank\">Sonny Dykes<\/a> announced on Saturday.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn Storrs, Wilcox helped develop running back Cam Edwards in a 1,000-yard performer this season, the first Husky to do so since 2019. Edwards rushed for 1,240 yards on 210 carries with 15 touchdowns, all marks that rank in the top-20 nationally. Among players with 200-plus carries, Edwards&#8217; 5.9 yards per carry average ranked No. 6 nationally.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWilcox spent three seasons (2023-25) with the Huskies and was named to the 247Sports 30under30 list ahead of the 2025 season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn 2024, Wilcox coached a three-headed monster of a backfield when Edwards, Durell Robinson, and Mel Brown all ran for at least 670 yards and 5.7 yards per carry.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nPrior to UConn, Wilcox spent two seasons at his alma mater, Furman (2021-22). As a player for the Paladins, Wilcox led the team in rushing as a sophomore, junior, and senior, finishing with 1,777 yards and 21 touchdowns. In 2017, he rushed for 814 yards and 14 touchdowns to led his squad to the FCS playoffs.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFollowing his playing career, Wilcox spent three seasons (2018-20) at North Greenville University where he first worked as a graduate assistant with the running backs before a full-time promotion to coach the wide receivers in his last season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWilcox earned his bachelor&#8217;s degree in business administration from Furman in the spring of 2018 and secured his MBA from North Greenville in 2020.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT WORTH \u2013 Antonio Wilcox, who most recently worked with new TCU Offensive Coordinator Gordon Sammis at UConn,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":490645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,7371,7372,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-490644","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fort-worth","10":"tag-fortworth","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115834151435758222","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}