Marcus Dupree *RARE* 1984 USFL Highlights

Marcus Dupree's USFL highlights with the New Orleans Breakers
The Greatest That Never Was
6'3 238 (Roughly)
FAST & STRONG

[@elzorro9987]

He had an absolutely remarkable combination of speed, quickness, moves and power. Injury and bad advice robbed him of a brilliant NFL career.

[@greezythumb]

Yes. His talents were a blessing and a curse. There was no one he could trust. No one that had his best interest at heart.

[@watcherman65]

Ran into Marcus at the OU / Texas Tech game and he was gracious enough to take a pic with myself and my friend..

[@hhamr11young70]

I know him personally. He is a really good dude. He and my brother grew up together in Philadelphia MS.

[@Blowone-h1i]

Greatest compliment you can give a rb is hes always moving forward

[@thomasjusinski7286]

I used to go to USFL games, at the meadowlands and watch the New Jersey generals. But Marcus Dupree was the man. I wish you never got hurt, God only knows what he would have done when he got into the NFL.

[@TommyRibs]

The word ‘IF’ is such a huge word, but I am convinced that if he had stayed at OU, went into the NFL, and never hurt that knee, he is a top 10 all time RB in the NFL. He legitimately was as talented and physically gifted as Bo Jackson. Even though he only ended up in the NFL for a cup of coffee, the fact that he is in a good place now, and happy with his life is awesome.

[@pricetilghman2217]

That’s not a “if” you give Marcus a 10 - 11 year no serious injury NFL career we are have a totally different conversation about who was the best ever (excluding Jim Brown).

[@TommyRibs]

@@pricetilghman2217 the closest comp I have to him is Dickerson, but he had more power. He would have had those numbers for sure.

[@wmtruelock]

One of the most gifted runners ever, sad the way it ended way too early for him.

[@kendrickjones3115]

BEAUTIFUL Running Back!!! A pleasure to watch!!! Whatever they say he "never was" nobody else never could've been! Kid a BEAST! Herschel Walker/Bo Jackson Status!!!

[@barrywilson6811]

He was only 19 years old in this video big boy could run it 👍🏾✊🏾💪🏾

[@TommyRibs]

He seriously could have gone into the NFL straight from High School.

[@bryanburnap4537]

Definitely should have ! He seems like a really good guy. I will say though at 19 it looked like he was not as explosive as he was just a year or 2 earlier. Must have been injuries.

[@indicaonly2143]

Run marcus Run

[@garrison6863]

Thanks for this. This guy was 6' 2" 238 and had that kind of speed? What acceleration and power. He was knocking over linebackers and safeties. Although he was injured, the Rams should have never cut him.

[@robertbattle6778]

Marcus Dupree ran so smooth for a big back and he was fast

[@SuperiorHealthNC]

Marcus Dupree was greatness

[@kashbeauchamp]

Talk about finishing runs! ☠️ That’s the RB you build on the play station.

[@SwaggyTdot]

Wow, for a guy who played for all the right reasons. He quit for all the wrong, salute.

[@etg832007]

He was nice.

[@juandoe9694]

Special tuning back!!!

[@greezythumb]

I'm so glad I was fortunate to have watched his games on TV. Just a freak of nature and a very down to earth individual. I wish him all the best.

[@painefuldp]

Watching a 19 year old run over, around, and straight through professional linebackers is something. Wish he could've stayed healthy through a possibly record setting nfl career but at least we have KZbin. Lol

[@AchRock1509]

+Boondock Saint Eddie George lasted 9 years which is fairly long.

[@tbrasi5887]

Boondock Saint uhhhh....Walter Payton?!?!?

[@ynot6781]

Where are the professional linebackers ? He would've had at best an ok career if he made the NFL.....the pros The guy had no moves whatsoever . The guy was young and had to cut weight , that's a problem . As I said , he'd of been lucky to make the NFL as an ok player .

[@ynot6781]

@@tbrasi5887 Payton was small.....5'9 , 200 lbs and had moves

[@tbrasi5887]

y not was real low to the ground and was a bruiser!!! Take a look..... kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6KUZomhgcuDncU

[@thrashbandicoot01]

Marcus Dupree could've easily been one of the best had he stayed healthy. This guy had skills!

[@ckobo84]

Being that big presents some unique challenges, it's not necessarily a 100% advantages to be so big as a running back. Look at the all time rushing list and you see little guys galore like Payton, Emmitt, Frank Gore. It took Derrick Henry a few years to figure things out in the NFL. I think DuPree could have figured it out as well and been dominant, but it wouldn't have been easy like he made it look in college.

[@johnpoulton9446]

Thank you for posting this!!! So much fun to watch him play!!!!

[@StvnnaMan]

Thank you for watching!

[@HEARTpastFULL]

Top of a generation talent Had all the tools to dominate The cards didn't fall the way the should've Regardless salute gawd level genetics•°♦°•

[@mikem591]

Still had incredible power, speed and instincts. It seemed he didn't have quiet the break-away speed he showed as a freshman at Oklahoma. He may have put on a little weight, when he needed to be a little thinner to show that lightning break-away speed he had as freshman. Coach Switzer mentioned that, when Dupree put on a little weight before one of their bowls game, his runs that lead to touchdowns at the beginning of the season, he got tackled or pushed out of bounds, instead. Still awesome to behold though and should have been an all-time great pro.

[@ckobo84]

I didn't see any runs in the clip where there looked to be potential for a breakaway? It's not like Herschel or any other back was going for 7 yards a carry in the USFL like a lot of elite backs do in college. It wasn't that easy sledding in that league.

[@thezdbailey]

Great, great video. Every time the music dropped off, I kept cringing thinking, oh man, this is where he blows out his knee again.

[@wasteofoxygen2198]

Zach V did it show it?

[@JardoniJovonovich]

You put Walter Payton's heart in Marcus's body......OMG

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

Absolutely. Unfortunately he was a bit on the lazy side and didn't want to put the work in to make himself even better. This isn't high school son, this is Oklahoma! He never should have went to Oklahoma, he should have picked a school with a reputable power program that ran out of an I or a two back offense, e.g. a USC type of a team.

[@CharlieRogers50]

Notice how he lowers his head on almost every impact? Concussion after concussion.

[@aaronconners5570]

Hard to watch

[@EricA-kl7by]

Yeah that bad habit caused his 1st real setback from injury at OU. Even though he recovered everything started to go downhill from there.

[@RockNRantTony]

Great video of a great athlete who deserves the nickname "the best that never was" imagine if he would have made this kind of an impact in the NFL & never blown out his knee. He would had been mentioned alongside greats like Walter Payton & Barry Sanders. Anybody got any idea what the name of this song is?

[@regg32457]

THAIBEATS old school rap samples

[@jobu88]

He was an absolute freak. A bigger, faster version of Herschel Walker. To be that big and that fast is just ridiculous. Who knows what he could have done if he hadn't got hurt.

[@monicapgreen9747]

He could have been the best ever

[@mrrida503]

If Eric Dickerson and Herschel Walker had a kid... I just wish he had there knees.

[@duanejessup3708]

Marcus was on the level as Bo Jacking, Jim Brown, Walter Payton , Earl Campbell. His Legs were Tree Trunks.

[@ScaryAppul-114]

duane jessup Bo Jacking 😂

[@Joseph-lz5er]

He reminds me of Bo Jackson but bigger. My gosh he had unreal motor and power.

[@TimmieTennis]

Ok, I saw both Herschel and Marcus play in person- saw Herschel’s first TD run over Bill Bates in Knoxville, and Marcus’s 80 yd TD run vs Kansas in Norman. I give the nod to Herschel as the better back- he was a little faster, taller, and had more raw strength. The one area that Marcus was better- he had more fluid hips, and could make that first guy miss on an off-tackle run, and boom he was gone. Anyway, I lived in OKC in 83-84, and Switzer said Marcus just didn’t like to practice, and it led to him gaining weight and getting injured in the bowl game his freshman year. When he left OU right before the Texas game in ‘84 it was really a shock. He would have won the Heisman on the ‘85 OU national championship team with the Boz. Great times and talent at OU!

[@jamesh2711]

I don't know where you get that Walker was taller, faster, and stronger than Dupree, it was the other way around. Plus, Dupree had moves, Walker just ran straight ahead

[@brianmyers4444]

Marcus was taller, just as fast and strong….he left OU AFTER the Texas game in ‘83 and was not in school in ‘84….and even if he stayed at OU for ‘84, most likely would have left school after that year to go to the draft, not stay in school for’85….

[@jtjenk]

Physically he was a cross between Jim Brown and Herschel Walker. Mentally he struggled in life. What could have been? Rare talent. God has a path for everyone.

[@theauthorparrishgorejack6409]

I graduated HS the same year as Dupre, he was the talk of the nation, everybody was after him. That year, the HS graduating class, had a lot of great RB's and future NFL players. In Louisiana alone there were 4, Karl Bernard, Dalton Hilliard, Garry James and Reggie Dupard. Bo Jackson was in that class, but Marcus was the player that got all the attention. If he'd gone somewhere other than Oklahoma he may have had a better college career. I remember looking in the news papers every Sunday his freshman season to see what his stats were, and he was never mentioned. Because Switzer had an unspoken rule that upperclassmen got preference to start. It wasn't until late in the season when Oklahoma was having a bad year that Switer decided to let Marcus play, and when he did, Marcus tore it up. If he'd been allowed to play from jump he'd have set a freshman rushing record and been in the talks for the Heisman. A helluva great player. When he was healthy he was better than Bo. In college anyway. By the time Bo got into the NFL he was a different man than when he came out of HS. Marcus would never have been better than what Bo was in the NFL. He'd of been close, but not quite as good.

[@mrsmukk]

This dude reminds of Earl Campbell....dude was an absolute wagon

[@bobbyowens7945]

1 of the best to ever carry the football.

[@deaconsonnygriffin7732]

At his best, he was a faster version of Earl Campbell

[@quantum5747]

Motivating me to play some fucking football

[@crobertmayes5541]

E A R L C A M P B E L L

[@calvinmcbride9781]

if ou had him in 84 they might've won the title that year too

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

I would blame Marcus's mom, uncle, and that thieven scumbag that "Advised" him, (and took all of Marcus's pro football money) before Switzer! It all came down to greed.

[@WISHBONEL7]

Switzer should have pulled Danny Bradley out of that game .

[@williamjordan5554]

He and Bo were the greatest running backs ever created. Just didn't get the time.

[@terrythenotarypublicexecns9271]

The big guys up front was blowing open some wide holes to run through.

[@patlynch3464]

Switzer said Marcus wanted to sit on his porch and eat chicken instead of playing football.

[@ekemini12435]

Nice

[@eerreennee]

Great runner... the background noise to this video IS HORRIBLE.

[@SuperiorHealthNC]

That preacher took his money…..how bout that

[@gmandersonjr]

I never saw a lone defender take him down, it was alway 2 or more guys tackling him.

[@viciousvigilante4985]

Whats the name of the song at the beginning?

[@coff2x387]

Marcus is in the Bo Jackson conversation unfortunately injuries crept in.

[@SuperiorHealthNC]

That preacher should be in jail

[@BobbyNewsome]

Dang why did he constantly lower his head

[@SuperiorHealthNC]

Let the preacher show back up

[@romin388]

Should have been the next H.Walker

[@jldp24]

He lacked one important intangible....heart

[@richg9448]

Ol Long Distance Dupree. Those runs at 238 that they caught him from behind wouldn’t been caught at 225-228

[@ckobo84]

And he also wouldn't bounce of the tackles to get into the clear in the first place if he was that skinny.

[@shaunncarriveauu8817]

Ok.....MD...Without question one of the best backs to ever play and had his career cut short but no offense..what the heck was this??? 80% of what I watched not only undermined him as a RB but I could have seen on any RB clip on yt.....I dont get it....I do apreciate your post for sure and not looking for a fight but this was abysmal and very pedestrian.

[@kjean411HD]

He was 19...

[@thomas_2285]

Pretty much lowering his head and using his helmet as a battering ram on every play. Maybe not the best thing to do if a player wants to have a long career and a healthy life after football.

[@shaunncarriveauu8817]

the more i watch the more i get upset.....there is nothing about this video that says special....i mean nothing is even highlight quality...love Marcus Dupree.....suggest yall fans check out his year and a half in college.

[@jokerhaha83]

Simple solution, stop watching the video

[@kimwarfield6320]

If he had been smarter and had more confidence in his ability without needing outside praise he could have been a hall of famer. To many poor decisions, listening to the wrong people.

[@gregheinhomes]

He was a kid

[@SuperiorHealthNC]

Where the preacher

[@yourboyjosh-b6p]

Bigger and faster Eric Dickerson

[@jamezkpal2361]

Similar to Herscel Walker.

[@shaunncarriveauu8817]

my only other problem is the the 4.3 statement.....He never ran a 4.3 unless hand times.....I hate Nd but the fastest player I ever seen play NCAA football is this clip....and i still believe Marcus is the greatest college football player ever.....but this is the fastest and he was a 4.3.....look at the diff in the clips. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZOQgnWIZ66torM

[@Takeastand26]

Shaun Carriveau Different strides than ishmal... I think he ran a 4.3 no one in his high school or college days every caught him from behind.. He was a burner.. Okoye ran a 4.4 at 260 lbs

[@BobbyNewsome]

Terrible habit of leading with his head way down

[@cuauhtemocacosta3352]

MARCUS DUPREE beter than EZEQUIEL ELLIOT

[@reginalyn2962]

It looks like he was carrying too much weight relative to his college days and had lost a step.

[@jcdova29]

Marcus could of been the best but he got fat and happy with his early success. Out of shape brought nagging injuries. Not to mention a slimy greedy black preacher that stole all his money. Yeah that sucked.

[@danyluk1]

poorly produced