<table> </table> LAWRENCE | In their efforts to evaluate all three of their running backs, Kansas&#8217; coaches just might have forgotten why Jake Sharp rushed for 821 yards and seven touchdowns last season.</p><p>Sharp jogged their memory last Saturday against Iowa State, bringing a game-changing performance off the bench in KU&#8217;s second-half comeback win over the Cyclones.</p><p>&#8220;It reinforced that he is a playmaker, and we gotta find ways to get him the ball,&#8221; KU offensive coordinator Ed Warinner said. &#8220;He does have a burst, as you can see. If you give him a little crease, he can get out in the open. That&#8217;s what we were able to do. I&#8217;m happy for him and happy for us because he helped us win the game.&#8221;</p><p>For his efforts &#8212; Sharp rushed 19 times for 79 yards and a touchdown and caught three passes for 107 yards and a score &#8212; he has moved up the depth chart to share the starting role with fellow junior Angus Quigley. Junior transfer Jocques Crawford &#8212; who lost a fumble in the first half against Iowa State and did not play again &#8212; is listed third.</p><p>&#8220;We certainly are impressed with what Jake did,&#8221; KU coach Mark Mangino said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a situation where we&#8217;re leaning his way to get more work, but we have the other two backs in the picture, no question.&#8221;</p><p>Sharp said the key for him is getting enough touches to get in a rhythm. Against Iowa State, Warinner saw the benefit firsthand.</p><p>&#8220;In the first inning, is the pitcher as grooved in as he is in the third or fourth?&#8221; Warinner asked. &#8220;Are you as good on the first tee as you are on the fourth or fifth? It&#8217;s one of those things, as a running back, you get in there, make a few plays, you&#8217;re in a full sweat, you start feeling good. He got in that groove and he kept getting better as he went.&#8221;</p><p>Sharp cautioned against assuming the success of the running game was all due to him.</p><p>&#8220;This was a big-picture type of thing,&#8221; Sharp said. &#8220;Our linemen and our running back corps worked very hard in the last two weeks, and I think we took a step in the right direction last week.&#8221;</p><p>&#8226;<strong>REESING REMEMBERS:</strong> KU quarterback Todd Reesing is fully aware that the Colorado defense held the Jayhawks to a season-low 19 points last season.</p><p>&#8220;That is enough said right there,&#8221; Reesing said. &#8220;So obviously they did something last year that gave us a lot of problems. I would assume they would want to take a similar approach, because we struggled moving the ball at times and our passing game was rather ineffective.&#8221;</p><p>&#8226;<strong>TRYING THE &#8220;I&#8221;:</strong> Against Iowa State, the Jayhawks lined up in the I-formation with linebacker Drew Dudley as the fullback. Warinner said that they tried out the 6-foot-2, 232-pound Dudley at fullback during the bye week.</p><p>&#8220;We sprinkled that in there,&#8221; Warinner said. &#8220;He&#8217;s a good football player. We wanted to find a way to get him on the field.&#8221;