Earlier this week, Willie Taggart was asked to put in perspective just what the career of running back Royce Freeman meant to the Ducks.
Taggart, in his first year at Oregon, acknowledged that others might have a better sense of the legacy Freeman built over the last four years. Still, Taggart paused to consider the question.
Where to start answering? With Freeman's 5,499 career rushing yards, or 58 rushing touchdowns, both second in Pac-12 history? With his go-ahead-and-date-your-sister character, or his toughness playing through injuries that have required Freeman to sit out Tuesday practices this fall?