LSU’s Logan Diggs, who didn’t even play in LSU’s season opener, has emerged as the Tigers’ clear go-to running back.

But it’s still a crowded position room filled with capable ball carriers.

Thus, running backs coach Frank Wilson, a former McNeese State head coach, might have the toughest job on the staff. He has to find as much work as possible for all of them.

It gets lost sometimes in LSU’s high-powered passing attack, but the Tigers also lead the Southeastern Conference in rushing with 1,502 yards, 215 yards per game.

Diggs, the transfer from Notre Dame by way of Rummel High School in Metairie, has handled the bulk of it since running for 115 yards in the second game against Grambling State.

He’s third in the SEC rushing with 583 yards (97.5 ypg). He has 99 carries in the six games he’s played, leaving little for four others.

Josh Williams, Kaleb Jackson, John Emery and Noah Cain have all shown flashes, but combined their 66 carries are far fewer than Diggs’.

Complicating matters, of course, quarterback Jayden Daniels is the SEC’s fifth-leading runner with 515 yards and has eaten up 88 carries, many of them unscripted.

In his six games played, Diggs has topped 100 yards three times and got to the brink with 97 yards on two other occasions.

Not many scraps there for the rest.

But so far, head coach Brian Kelly says, it’s a happy group.

“I think the running back room needs to be commended,” he said this week. “Each one of those guys, if you look at Emery and Williams in particular, they didn’t play a lot of snaps (two weeks ago against Missouri).

“Then this week (against Auburn) they come in and play huge roles. Williams gets a couple of touchdowns, Emery gets a couple of big plays. Kaleb goes in and gets a big first down.

“That’s selflessness.”

It would seem to be a situation ripe for NCAA transfer portal activity. But maybe not.

Cain, Emery and Williams are all seniors. Diggs is a junior and Jackson is a true freshman who might have the highest of the bunch.

“There’s a lot of guys looking to play, but they’re all sitting together on the bench asking each other, ‘What did you see out there?’ They’re totally engaged, totally locked in.

“That’s a pretty good situation. Coach Wilson has got his hands full there, right? He’s got a lot of guys that can play and play at a high level. He’s got to find roles for them and they’ve accepted those roles. Each one of them, when we’ve asked them to step up, they’ve stepped up big for us.”