What Happened to THE BEST RB in Oregon Ducks History?

DerekJohnson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDesCr63pic

trublue

Not the best RB in Oregon Ducks history . . . One of the highest-rated recruits. Injury problems in college . . . a bust in the pros. Join the lengthy list of college RBs that don’t do well in the pros.

trublue

Off the top of my head, the following Duck RBs were better than Royce Freeman, to wit: Mel Renfro, Bobby Moore (Ahmad Rashad), Derek Loville, Maurice Morris, Reuben Droughns, Jonathan Stewart . . .

JStew - beast mode; played through a lot of injuries in college; great human being . . .

I know - NOC

RaceBannon

Stewart rather easily

Dick10Beers

My favorite memory of Royce was the 2016 game when he tapped his helmet to beg to come out after he got laid out for the umpteenth time. I can’t remember who put that hit on him… But digging through the highlights of that game reminded me how fun it was to watch that defense.

BleachedAnusDawg

LaMichael whatever was better than Freeman.

dnc

DerekJohnson said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDesCr63pic

This happened

trublue

BleachedAnusDawg said:

LaMichael whatever was better than Freeman.

Amazing college career on good teams. Absolute bust as a pro . . .

Dick10Beers

dnc said:

DerekJohnson said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDesCr63pic

This happened

Yes! Thank you.

trublue

dnc said:

DerekJohnson said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDesCr63pic

This happened

Yep . . . At least the Huskies are 2-14 in the last 16 games against the Ducks . . . Better than 0-16.

How did those two teams do in the post-season? Rose Bowl?

dnc

trublue said:

dnc said:

DerekJohnson said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDesCr63pic

This happened

Yep . . . At least the Huskies are 2-14 in the last 16 games against the Ducks . . . Better than 0-16.

How did those two teams do in the post-season? Rose Bowl?

The topic is what happened to Royce Freeman.

I can see why you want to change the subject.

trublue

BleachedAnusDawg said:

LaMichael whatever was better than Freeman.

LaMichael played on better teams and had Chip Kelly as his coach.

Freeman did not have that luxury . .
He had Helfrich for 3 seasons, including the 4-8 season his junior year. He had Slick Willie Taggart, 7-5, his senior year. The program was trashed by Helfrich and long-time assistants who became Retired on Duty (RODs) and never adapted to the social media and recruiting the new generation.

BleachedAnusDawg

trublue said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

LaMichael whatever was better than Freeman.

Amazing college career on good teams. Absolute bust as a pro . . .

Yeah, but who care what happens in the pros? The video is titled "Best RB in Oregon history."

trublue

Apparently, you missed the topic of this thread: “What went wrong?”

Don’t think they’re referring to Freeman’s college career.

dnc

trublue said:

Apparently, you missed the topic of this thread: “What went wrong?”

Don’t think they’re referring to Freeman’s college career.

His career was never the same after that hit.

Facts.

GrundleStiltzkin

dnc said:

trublue said:

Apparently, you missed the topic of this thread: “What went wrong?”

Don’t think they’re referring to Freeman’s college career.

His career was never the same after that hit.

Facts.

Ruined his legacy.

dnc

GrundleStiltzkin said:

dnc said:

trublue said:

Apparently, you missed the topic of this thread: “What went wrong?”

Don’t think they’re referring to Freeman’s college career.

His career was never the same after that hit.

Facts.

Ruined his legacy.

Altered the balance of power

trublue

dnc said:

trublue said:

Apparently, you missed the topic of this thread: “What went wrong?”

Don’t think they’re referring to Freeman’s college career.

His career was never the same after that hit.

Facts.

LOL

trublue

GrundleStiltzkin said:

dnc said:

trublue said:

Apparently, you missed the topic of this thread: “What went wrong?”

Don’t think they’re referring to Freeman’s college career.

His career was never the same after that hit.

Facts.

Ruined his legacy.

Doog level analysis . . . Thanks, Softy.

GrundleStiltzkin

trublue said:

GrundleStiltzkin said:

dnc said:

trublue said:

Apparently, you missed the topic of this thread: “What went wrong?”

Don’t think they’re referring to Freeman’s college career.

His career was never the same after that hit.

Facts.

Ruined his legacy.

Doog level analysis . . . Thanks, Softy.

greenblood

Reuben Droughns in my opinion is the greatest Oregon running back of all time. Had he played with the same talent around him as Lamichael, Freeman, and Stewart, it wouldn't fair. The guy broke his leg early in a big time game against UCLA. Played through it and rushed for something like 200 yards. That ended up being his last game that season, and wasn't quite the same after.