A true freshman broke Duke's freshman rushing record on an ACC championship team — 1,132 yards, second in the conference, with 11 touchdowns and 37 catches on genuine every-down usage. The workload is the striking part: 200 carries plus real receiving duty at 18 years old across 14 games, and the ceiling grade points steeply up because of it. The evaluation stays grounded anyway: it is one season, at a devalued position, from a player who isn't draft-eligible until 2028, and freshman-phenom backs have a long history of year-two regressions once defenses get a full offseason of study — the number that matters most in 2026 is whether the 5.7 per carry survives another 200-touch season. Today this is a fringe pro grade with one of the widest bands on the roster; sustain the production through 2027 and the early-round chatter in Durham stops sounding premature and starts sounding like scouting.