How does one follow up an MVP season? You can't go much higher than that, being the most valuable player in the entire league. Well, how about following it up by being the last bell cow running back in a league of running back by committee? How about following it up with insane efficiency numbers despite getting the ball nearly 26 times a game? Hanyadi has been doing just that. Through seven weeks, Hanyadi has the most rushing yards by a land slide, has the 2nd best efficiency out of all eligible running backs and is tied for 4th in most rushing touchdowns in the league. On a team that has had to deal with a massive amount of turnover on offense, with two-time MVP Cooter Bigsby retiring and veteran receivers Bender B. Rodriguez and Nate Swift to Chicago and San Jose respectively, Hanyadi has stepped up his game to power the Yellowknife offense and give them a chance in an extremely top heavy NSFC. Looking at Yellowknife's offense so far, Hanyadi has taken the ball on nearly half the team's snaps overall. In a league where every team has at least two running backs and some teams have as many as 4 people carrying the ball, what Hanyadi has managed to do is certainly remarkable.
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