What are the Ducks getting in Sir Mells?

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At least publicly, all has been quiet on the recruiting front for Ducks head coach Mario Cristobal and the Oregon football program for the past two months. The last verbal commitment the Ducks picked up had been from DeSoto (Texas) three-star wide receiver Stephon Johnson, who pledged to Oregon on March 31. Since then, crickets. […]

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Postgame Post Mortem: Takeaways from the Oregon Spring Game

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Two-plus years had passed since the last time the Oregon football program held a spring football game, and while fans were not permitted inside Autzen Stadium Saturday afternoon due to local COVID-19 restrictions, it felt as if we were one step closer to returning to normalcy following a year that was wholly upended by the […]

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Spring Storylines: Are we sleeping on the Oregon secondary in 2021?

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Few things in recent memory were as protractedly loathsome across the board as 2020. And while the residuals of the past year linger to this day with COVID protocols remaining in place for most areas of the country, this spring offers a level of hope and optimism that simply did not exist at this time […]

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Spring Storylines: Is Oregon’s linebacking corp the deepest position group on the roster?

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Few things in recent memory were as protractedly loathsome across the board as 2020. And while the residuals of the past year linger to this day with COVID protocols remaining in place for most areas of the country, this spring offers a level of hope and optimism that simply did not exist at this time […]

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What are the Ducks getting in Jackson LaDuke?


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With a little less than a week to go before June comes to an end, the Ducks have officially matched the number of commits they received during this month last year en route to a top 10 recruiting class for the 2019 cycle. On Monday, Sparks (Nev.) Spanish Springs three-star linebacker Jackson LaDuke became the […]

June 24, 2019

What are the Ducks getting in Maceal Afaese?


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We’re barely halfway through the month of June and already the Ducks have nearly eclipsed the number of June commitments they received during the 2019 recruiting cycle. That’s saying something, especially when you consider that last June was the busiest month during the recruiting cycle for the Ducks in terms of the six commitments they […]

June 19, 2019

What are the Ducks getting in Jake Shipley?


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With the temperature rising in the Pacific Northwest this time of year, so is the activity on the recruiting trail for the Oregon football program in the month of June. Despite being barely halfway over, the Ducks have landed a quarter of their recruiting class in the last two weeks following verbal commitments from three-star […]

June 14, 2019

What are the Ducks getting in Trey Benson?


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The June recruiting momentum keeps rolling right along for Mario Cristobal and the Ducks, as the second-year head coach picked up his third pledge to the 2020 class in the last seven days with the verbal commitment of Greenville (Miss.) St. Joseph three-star running back Trey Benson. He joins three-star prospects Faaope Laloulu and Jared […]

June 14, 2019

What are the Ducks getting in Jared “JJ” Greenfield?


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Just like it was last year, it could be yet another busy June for Oregon head coach Mario Cristobal and the Ducks on the recruiting trail. Last year during the month of June, the Ducks picked up six verbal commitments from members of their 2019 recruiting class. This year, they’ve already landed two: the first […]

June 10, 2019

Where does Chris Steele’s surprising head fake leave Oregon?


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It’s been said before, and deserves to be said again – recruiting has forever been, and will forever be, one of wildest beats around. If you need validation, look no further than what has recently transpired in the roller coaster recruitments of Bru McCoy and Chris Steele, two of the most highly-touted prospects from southern […]

June 5, 2019

What are the Ducks getting in Chris Steele?


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“Go west, young man!” Those may not have necessarily been the words going through Chris Steele‘s head earlier this spring, but they certainly rang true in recent weeks as the true freshman announced his intention to transfer from the University of Florida. This following a disturbing incident involving a former teammate and roommate of Steele’s […]

May 14, 2019

What are the Ducks getting in Jay Butterfield?


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It may not be the quarterback commitment that fans of Oregon football were originally hoping for (see DJ Uiagalelei), but it’s a quarterback commitment that should be met with open celebration from Duck fans nevertheless. That’s because Friday, Brentwood (Calif.) Liberty four-star quarterback Jay Butterfield announced his verbal commitment to the University of Oregon, giving […]

May 10, 2019