EUGENE -- Navigating the highs and lows have been a way of life for running back Tony Brooks-James during his Oregon Ducks career.
Last fall he lit the match on the very first play of the abbreviated Willie Taggart era with his 101-yard kickoff return to ignite an opening-day rout of Southern Utah at Autzen Stadium.
However, Brooks-James also experienced the Ducks' ground game getting stuffed for just 47 yards by a Boise State defense that didn't have to tackle burly Royce Freeman in Oregon's Las Vegas Bowl loss that kicked off new coach Mario Cristobal's tenure.