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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.


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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.


Running back Marcus Dupree of the Oklahoma Sooners caries the... News Photo Getty Images

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.


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Published on May 23, 2020 3 min read After his freshman season at the University of Oklahoma, Marcus Dupree was on pace to become one of the all-time great college football running backs. He was big, fast, and strong with incredible football instincts.


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Legendary running back Marcus Dupree will be inducted into the inaugural class of the National High School Football Hall of Fame. The former Philadelphia Tornado posted the announcement to his Twitter page Tuesday afternoon. After finishing his high school career with 7,355 rushing yards and […]


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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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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.


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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.


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15 AV 1 Rush 68 Yds 251 Y/A 3.7 TD 1 FantPt 34.7 Marcus Dupree Overview Game Logs Splits More On this page: Rushing & Receiving Rushing & Receiving * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader Regular Season


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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.


Former Sooner Running Back Marcus Dupree Talks At Tulsa McClain

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.


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Highlights from Marcus Dupree's 1982 debut and only complete season with the Oklahoma Sooners. *(video clips taken from ESPN)


Running back Marcus Dupree of the Oklahoma Sooners carries the... News Photo Getty Images

Thirty years ago this month, Marcus Dupree became an Oklahoma Sooner forever.


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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]


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A short cut of our Facebook Fan Poll on who the greatest running back in Sooner history is. Our Marcus Dupree discussion


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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.