Quote Originally Posted by 1bigdawg View Post
Dupree may have been the best running back talent ever. In high school, he weighed 240 lbs.,ran a 9.2 100 yard dash, had great cutting ability and field vision. If I remember correctly, he returned close to 80% of kickoffs for touchdowns his junior and senior year although opposing team just kicked it out of bounds all but a few times his senior year. Switzer, who had been dedicated to the wishbone, switched to an I formation for him his freshman year.

All to say, I doubt he would have had to wait a "year or two to start."
This (*) was strongly implied.... good memory, buddy... dude was a phenom.