Since Oregon football has turned into a powerhouse over the last 20 or so years regularly making BCS or New Year’s Six games they’ve had a good amount of stars.
Akili Smith was a top-five pick and although his NFL career didn’t pan out, he was a stud in college. The same can be said for former “NCAA Football” video game cover boy Joey Harrington. And who can forget the Dennis Dixon and Jonathan Stewart led Ducks team that could have won it all in 2007 had it not been for Dixon’s injury?
During this run of Oregon stars that would go on to include Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota, there wasn’t a Ducks player I enjoyed watching more than running back LaMichael James. James had truly elite speed, packed quite the punch for checking in at 5’9”, 195-pounds, and was a human highlight reel who finished third in the Heisman voting as a sophomore in 2010.
Scanning Twitter on Friday night a few highlights of 2023 Notre Dame running back commitment [autotag]Dylan Edwards[/autotag] showed up on my feed. Although he’s got a long way to go in terms of matching James’ thickness (Edwards is currently listed at 165, 30 pounds less than James during his hey-day), the highlights of Edwards look awfully familiar if you watched those Oregon teams with James.