EUGENE -- Kaulana Apelu walked off of Oregon's practice field Tuesday morning wearing a white tank-top. Across its chest was written, "Ducks Overcome."
He would know.
In high school, Apelu tore the anterior cruciate ligament in both knees, one as a junior, the other as a senior. With little exposure in front of recruiters, walked on at Oregon.
Three years after arriving, he was practicing in Autzen Stadium last August when a prerecorded message played on the stadium's video board: On the screen was his mother, telling him he'd earned a scholarship.