NFL Great and RI Native Van Eeghen Talks Super Bowl Wins, Raiders and CTE on GoLocal LIVE

NFL Great and RI Native Van Eeghen Talks Super Bowl Wins, Raiders and CTE on GoLocal LIVE

NFL great Mark Van Eeghen joined GoLocal LIVE for a special edition to discuss his career that led him from Rhode Island high school star at Cranston West to a storied career and two Super Bowls with the Oakland Raiders.

Van Eeghen who led the Raiders in rushing much of the 1970s discussed the transition of going from Cranston West to Colgate University and then, an even more dramatical transition, making the leap from college football to playing for the infamous Oakland Raiders — the ultimate ‘Bad Boy’ team in the history of professional sports.

He was the featured running back for Al Davis and John Madden’s Raiders in Super Bowl wins.

Playing for Oakland in Super Bowl XV, he was the game's leading rusher with 75 yards on 18 carries.  Van Eeghen also won a championship ring with the Raiders in Super Bowl XI. He was the team's second-leading rusher with 73 yards.

When he left the Raiders in 1982, Van Eeghen was their all-time leading rusher with 5,907 yards.

He continued his career for two years with the New England Patriots.

Today, he, like most of the NFL retirees, is a member of the class action lawsuit against the NFL relating to brain injury -- specifically CTE.

Watch Van Eeghen discuss his career and post-playing career above.