This veteran running back brings experience and ability, potentially becoming a crucial, yet overlooked, weapon for Oregon's dominant offense this season.
The Oregon Ducks enter the college preseason with one of the best rosters in the country, if not the best, depending on how good quarterback Dante Moore plays this fall.
Dakorien Moore and Evan Stewart should be elite wide receivers for Moore to target in 2026. The team does have questions surrounding the offensive line, but that should be the only weakness from a positional unit.
The running back room for the Ducks is stacked. Jordon Davison and Dierre Hill Jr. are a formidable tandem.
Paolo Uggetti of ESPN thinks another Oregon running back deserves to get some noise this offseason. He named Simeon Price as an "under-the-radar" player for the Ducks, suggesting his veteran presence could be helpful through a long season.
"Under-the-radar player: RB Simeon Price," Uggetti wrote. While much of the discussion around the Ducks' running back room understandably revolves around Jordon Davison and Dierre Hill Jr., both of whom had stellar freshman seasons, the addition of Price could prove to be just as important.
"Price, a transfer with stops at Mississippi State, Coastal Carolina, and Colorado, should balance out the room with his ample experience and veteran presence."
Price carried the ball 21 times for 143 yards and two touchdowns last season. During his four years in college, he has 470 yards and two touchdowns.
Price is under-the-radar for a reason, but he could play better in the Ducks system. Oregon running backs coach Ra'Shaad Samples told reporters this spring that Price "has some ability."
"Simeon is a seasoned vet man," Samples said, via USA Today. "I tell him all the time, he’s been playing college football longer than I've been coaching it. So he's a seasoned vet man, he's a grown man. He goes about his business.
"He plays the game hard. He's in the film room every single day. He's probably up there already watching practice. He's stretching. He's encouraging the guys to do, like, yoga and drink beet juice. He's a vet. So, he brings some consistency to the room, and he has some ability."
Uggetti's choice was a little unconventional. It remains to be seen if Oregon will give him enough touches to break out this fall.