Maybe even ready for the NFL at that age." [7] After the first three games of the season, Dupree had just twelve carries for 20 yards and the Sooners' record was 1-2. [3] For the fourth game Switzer abandoned his favored wishbone offense and made Dupree the tailback in the I formation to take advantage of his skills. [7] Dupree was switched to running back before his sophomore season and found his calling. By then, he was well on his way to filling out his eventual 6'3" 230-pound frame. He used his mass to crush opponents that year to the tune of 1,850 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns.
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Nov 9, 2010 7 min to read Marcus Dupree (Photo Provided) Jim Beckel If you were going to create the perfect college running back, you'd want him to have the strength of Zeus, the vision of. Highlights from Marcus Dupree's 1982 debut and only complete season with the Oklahoma Sooners. *(video clips taken from ESPN) On June 20, 1983, Oklahoma running back Marcus Dupree appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated. After a remarkable freshman season, the Heisman Trophy seemed to be Dupree's for the taking. And behind Dupree, Barry Switzer's Sooners were primed to bring home another national championship. ORIGINAL LAYOUT For two decades Philadelphia, Miss., (pop. 7,303) was best known as a racially torn delta hamlet where three civil rights workers were murdered in 1964, forming the basis of the.
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Marcus Dupree, Oklahoma Sooners running back for 1982 and 1983 till he quit the team. This is video 1 of 3. I d. Watch the ESPN Film, The Best That Never Was. Marcus Dupree, Oklahoma Sooners. Thirty years ago this month, Marcus Dupree became an Oklahoma Sooner forever. By John Ed Bradley. September 21, 1983. Poor Marcus Dupree. He is 19 years old and sitting before a cadre of sportswriters from Chicago and New York, L.A., Washington and Philadelphia, all grown. Making His Second Run at Greatness : Rams: Six years after knee injury nearly halted Marcus Dupree's career, running back hopes to complete a storybook comeback. By TIM KAWAKAMI May 17, 1991 12.
Marcus Dupree (b 1964), in high school, he was 6'3", 229 lb, bench pressed 400 lbs, ran sub 10
NPR Staff 8-Minute Listen Playlist Marcus Dupree was once the biggest name in the future of football. The superstar that he did not become and the man he is today are the subject of a new. Dupree was the most courted high school running back ever, the most promising star for two college seasons and the most curtailed pro, after a knee injury turned his awesome potential into an epic.
Billy Watkins Mississippi Clarion Ledger With legendary running back Marcus Dupree set to be inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame this weekend, he wanted to get some things. The guy to whom Connors referred was Marcus Dupree, a 6-foot-2, 225-pound running back from Philadelphia, Mississippi. What transpired might have been the most eventful and interesting recruiting.
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Marcus Dupree suspects LSU fans, but he laughs it off because who knows, back in Norman he might have done the same to their purple-and-gold. The Sooners red-and-white had been the best way to. The documentary chronicles the life of Marcus Dupree, perhaps the greatest running back ever in high school football. Dupree was the center of the most heated recruiting frenzy in the history of college football back in 1981. Nearly 100 schools hotly pursued Dupree's signature before he ultimately landed in Norman, Oklahoma with the Sooners.
