What Happened to THE BEST RB in Oregon Ducks History?

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• trublue Member Posts: 3,042

  June 2021

  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.

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• trublue Member Posts: 3,042

  June 2021

  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

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• RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,066

  June 2021

  Stewart rather easily

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• Dick10Beers Member Posts: 20

  June 2021

  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.

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• BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,000

  June 2021

  LaMichael whatever was better than Freeman.

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• dnc Member Posts: 56,827

  June 2021

  DerekJohnson said:

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

  This happened
  
  
  

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• trublue Member Posts: 3,042

  June 2021

  BleachedAnusDawg said:

  LaMichael whatever was better than Freeman.

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

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• Dick10Beers Member Posts: 20

  June 2021

  dnc said:

  DerekJohnson said:

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

  This happened
  
  
  

  Yes! Thank you.

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• trublue Member Posts: 3,042

  June 2021

  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?
  
  
  

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• dnc Member Posts: 56,827

  June 2021

  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.
  
  

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• trublue Member Posts: 3,042

  June 2021 edited June 2021

  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.

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• BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,000

  June 2021 edited June 2021

  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."

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• trublue Member Posts: 3,042

  June 2021

  Apparently, you missed the topic of this thread: “What went wrong?”
  
  Don’t think they’re referring to Freeman’s college career.

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• dnc Member Posts: 56,827

  June 2021

  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.

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• GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516

  June 2021

  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.

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• dnc Member Posts: 56,827

  June 2021

  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
  

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• trublue Member Posts: 3,042

  June 2021

  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
  

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• trublue Member Posts: 3,042

  June 2021

  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.
  

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• GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516

  June 2021

  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.
  

  
  

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• greenblood Member Posts: 14,559

  June 2021

  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.

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