Oregon Ducks discuss some of their new Runnings Backs
Oregon Ducks Assistant Head Coach Ra'Shaad Samples discusses some of their new Runnings Backs. Samples talks about Running Backs Simeon Price, Brandon Smith, and Tradarian Ball, and how good they are and how they have helped the team. Samples says Price is a seasoned vet and explains how he shows up as a vet. He also talks about Ball and how he is versatile and how he is still learning. He talks about Smith and how he has exceeded expectations for how new he is.
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Ma.
You brought in three newcomers this offseason.
You mentioned Simeon, but also Brandon and Tredarian.
Can you just maybe go through them and just what, what you liked about their games and how, what you hope they bring to, to this room?
Yeah, Simeon is a seasoned vet, man.
I said, I tell him all the time he's been playing college football longer than I've been coaching it.
Uh, we got a little joke on that.
So he, he's a seasoned vet, man.
He, he, he's a grown man.
He goes about his business.
He plays the game hard.
He's in the field room every single day.
He's probably up there already watching practice.
He's stretching.
He's encouraging the guys to do like, like yoga and drink beet juice.
I mean, he, he's, he's a, he's a vet.
So like he brings some consistency to the room and he has some ability also.
Um, T-ball is a versatile guy.
Uh, he, he's learning and getting up to speed, but like when he, when he does things and he does things the right way, you can see it, right?
You can see the talent there.
Uh, just like Derre, he has to continue to grow and understand the conceptualism of the game, and I think Brandon has exceeded expectations for a guy who's been here, uh.
I, I don't know if he's been here a week yet, but, uh, like, I mean, he, he made some plays today where like you can just see that kid has a chance to be special if he, if he continues to, um, improve .
I, I don't even want to say improve the way he's improved.
He's been here a weeks.
So if he can just continue to pick things up and, you know, play the game competitively, like, there's, there's a lot of talent there.
