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Sophomore TB Henry Josey has squarely put himself into the mix as one of the top story lines in the Big 12 Conference in 2011.

Josey  enters Saturday's game against Texas A&M as the Big 12's leading rusher, and the 8th-ranked runner in the NCAA, averaging 122.14 yards per game.

He's had 4 100-yard outings in his last 5 games, and is coming off a 138-yard outing in last Saturday's defeat to #6 Oklahoma State.

 He carried a career-high 25 times against the Cowboys and averaged 5.5 yards an attempt.

 He's also been inserted as MU's primary kickoff return man

He's returned 4 kicks in the last 2 games for an average of 27.0 yards (long of 43), which would rank him 2nd in the Big 12 Conference, but he doesn't meet the minimum number of attempts to qualify for the rankings (need 1.2 att. per game).

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