86. Darren McFadden: Got Dat Wood

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2020

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

No player is referred to as Arkansas' G.O.A.T.—greatest of all time—more than Darren McFadden. And rightfully so: He’s one of the best running backs in college football history. But for the Little Rock native, the path to greatness wasn’t always apparent. For one, he had to overcome obstacles in his childhood. And that’s where football came in, serving as an escape of sorts for McFadden and keeping him out of trouble. On the field, McFadden quickly proved to be an elite talent, but only had eyes for the Razorbacks. And after starting his Arkansas career down on the depth chart, McFadden quickly made a name for himself, setting a school freshman rushing record and earning SEC Freshman of the Year honors. As a sophomore, he would lead Arkansas to the SEC championship game and become the school’s first Heisman Trophy finalist. He repeated that feat a year later, and wrapped up a three-year career having provided some of the most iconic moments in Razorback history. Is Darren McFadden the greatest of all time? That’s for each Razorback fan to decide. But this is how he captivated a state and made the people of Arkansas proud.

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0:00.0	Hey it's Bo Mattingly.
0:01.0	Thanks for checking out the Hog Pot.
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0:15.0	razorback fans to hear amazing stories like the Darren McFadden story you're about to hear.
0:20.9	I also want to make sure you know about the
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0:26.3	commentary and insights you need on a daily basis all wrapped up at about 10
0:31.3	to 12 minutes.
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0:36.3	a production of Sport and Story.
0:38.0	Just the way that I grew up in everything
0:39.8	that I've been through in life, I tell people that
0:41.7	I wouldn't change any other man because it
0:43.4	made me the person who I am today being the nice that you're at home struggling you
0:47.9	know you don't have anything to eat you don't know what's going on your mom may not be
0:51.3	at the time.
0:52.6	You know, I don't talk about it with a lot of people and they always see me
0:54.9	smile and laugh and they don't assume that I've been through any hard times in life and
0:59.0	things like there right there. But like I say, this point, you know, you can't
1:01.8	do nothing but now whether I would have went to the NFL or not,
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