so who will coach jim harbaugh next anoint john the baptist?k fours year get there but i think we finally started turning the stanford program around getting going. >> reporter: toby gerhart singlehandedly brought the cardinal back to prominence. now he is a minnesota viking. how will they fill the void? >> three young guys were going this morning. they got a ton of reps, three other players, and then gaffney and jeremy stewart, taylor, whitney, the later practice. >> we want to fall in the same path but nobody here is toby. we are going to do our own thing. >> it is an open competition. top candidate senior jeremy stewart. he only played four games last season because of injuries. >> a wrong time. i think it helped me more because i got a chance to look at it from a different perspective. >> reporter: tyler jaffe who like gerhart splits highs time playing baseball and football. he appears to be in the mix, as well. >> it looks to be a breakout year. >> tobey gone, we have opening and i'm going to do something. >> you want to be the everyday ru