On August 28, 2007, head coach Randy Shannon named Freeman the starting quarterback over Wright for the season-opening game against Marshall. Freeman, despite going 9-for-21 for 81 yards with one touchdown, one interception, and 20 yards rushing in his first start, drew praise from Shannon for "controlling" the game, a 31-3 Miami win. The following week, Freeman struggled to complete 3 of 10 passes for 17 yards, and was replaced by Wright for part of the third quarter in a 51-13 loss to Oklahoma. In Freeman's two starts, Miami ranked 118th out of 119 major college schools in passing offense both in average yards per game and yards per attempt. On September 11, Shannon announced that Wright would reclaim his starting role for the September 15th game against FIU.