1. Royce Deion Freeman was born on February 24,1996 and is an American professional football running back.
44 Facts About Royce Freeman
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Royce Freeman played college football for the Oregon Ducks, earning third-team All-American honors in 2015.
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Royce Freeman made his varsity debut as a freshman against Southwest High School.
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Royce Freeman's second career carry was a 63-yard touchdown run.
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Royce Freeman finished his freshman year with 225 yards on 26 carries and one rushing touchdown.
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Royce Freeman caught 14 passes for 153 yards and added two receiving touchdowns and returned two interceptions for touchdowns.
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Royce Freeman caught 10 passes for 137 yards and had two touchdown receptions.
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Royce Freeman caught 8 passes for 116 yards and added two receiving touchdowns.
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Royce Freeman finished his high school playing career with 7,606 rushing yards on 645 carries and ran for 111 touchdowns.
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Royce Freeman recorded six receiving touchdowns and two interceptions returned for touchdown.
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Against Calexico High School, Royce Freeman broke the career rushing record of 6,694 yards which was set by Ricky Seale of Escondido High School.
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Royce Freeman is the San Diego Section record-holder for career rushing yards, career rushing touchdowns, and career points scored.
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Royce Freeman came to Oregon as the highest rated recruit of the 2014 class.
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Royce Freeman immediately impressed coaches in practice and camp, and competed for the starting role with Byron Marshall and Thomas Tyner.
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Royce Freeman finished the season with 252 carries for 1,365 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns, while having 16 receptions for 158 yards and one receiving touchdown.
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Royce Freeman started the 2015 season off strong with 180 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns against Eastern Washington.
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Royce Freeman led the Pac-12 in rushing touchdowns on the season.
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Royce Freeman continued his hot streak with 157 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns against Wyoming in the following game.
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Royce Freeman scored two rushing TDs in the first half of to break OSU's Ken Simonton's all-time Pac-12 rushing touchdown record, which stood at 59 for 16 years.
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Royce Freeman piled up 122 rushing yards which moved him into seventh all-time in NCAA history.
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On November 20,2017, Royce Freeman officially accepted his invitation to play in the 2018 Senior Bowl.
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Royce Freeman sustained an injury and did not play in the Senior Bowl.
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Royce Freeman attended the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis and performed all of the combine and positional drills.
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Royce Freeman finished ninth among all running backs in the 40-yard dash, tied for 12th in the bench press, and finished third among his position group in the three-cone drill and short shuttle.
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Royce Freeman displayed quickness and agility especially for a running back of his size and was able to impress scouts with his overall performance.
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On March 15,2018, Royce Freeman participated at Oregon's pro day, but opted to stand on his combine numbers and only performed positional drills.
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Royce Freeman was ranked the eighth best running back in the draft by Scouts Inc and was ranked the ninth best running back by DraftScout.
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Royce Freeman had 15 carries for 71 rushing yards in the win.
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In Week 4, on Monday Night Football against the Kansas City Chiefs, Royce Freeman had 8 carries for 67 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown for the third consecutive game.
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Royce Freeman finished the 2019 season with 130 carries for 496 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns to go along with 43 receptions for 256 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown.
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Royce Freeman finished the 2020 season with 35 carries for 170 rushing yards and 12 receptions for 81 receiving yards.
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Royce Freeman entered training camp competing for a roster spot as a backup.
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On September 1,2021, Royce Freeman was waived by the Broncos.
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On September 2,2021, Royce Freeman was claimed off waivers by the Carolina Panthers.
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On November 9,2021, Royce Freeman was claimed off waivers by the Texans.
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Royce Freeman finished the 2021 season with 56 carries for 169 rushing yards and ten receptions for 77 receiving yards.
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On September 9,2022, Royce Freeman was released from the Texans and re-signed to the practice squad.
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Royce Freeman played in the last four games of the 2022 season and made one start.
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On July 30,2023, Royce Freeman signed with the Los Angeles Rams.
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Royce Freeman was released on August 29,2023, and re-signed to the practice squad.
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Royce Freeman was signed to the active roster on October 17,2023.
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Royce Freeman finished with 77 carries for 319 yards and two touchdowns.
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On September 17,2024, Royce Freeman signed with the Cleveland Browns practice squad.
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On January 7,2025, Royce Freeman signed with the Los Angeles Rams practice squad.