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Oregon's Royce Freeman was the best running back in the conference not named Christian McCaffrey, but he says he's not making the Heisman trophy a goal this season.

"No. Not really, honestly. It's an honor to be mentioned on the list and be mentioned with those types of guys and caliber of players, but it's a long way from now. We haven't even had our first practice. So moving forward, I can't even start to think about that right now."