The question has as much to do with his existential state of being as it does his physical. As Oregon’s coaching staff makes its way into the homes of some of its most coveted verbal commitments and targets from the 2019 class in the lead up to the start of the early signing period (Dec. […]
When you’re hot, you’re hot, and right now, the Oregon Ducks are a raging recruiting inferno under head coach Mario Cristobal. Monday saw the Ducks add yet another highly-touted prospect to their 2019 recruiting class, as Calabasas (Calif.) four-star wide receiver Mycah Pittman pledged his verbal commit to Oregon. Pittman’s pledge comes only hours after […]
It cannot be stated often enough: There are few things on this earth more inexact and deceiving than recruiting rankings. Yes, there is a correlation between a school’s recruiting ranking at the end of a given cycle and their capacity to ultimately compete for a national championship. However, more often than not, top 10-caliber classes […]
Willie Taggart is no longer in Eugene, however the reverberations stemming from his brief stint as the head coach at Oregon linger to this day. One significant change that came with Taggart’s time as the Ducks’ headman is the radical change in mentality and approach when it comes to recruiting. To his credit, Taggart assembled […]
The Ducks have been spinning recruiting gold in 2019, building what is on pace to be the best recruiting class in school history by a wide margin. With 14 prospects known to have given the Oregon coaching staff a verbal commitment, the Ducks currently have the nation’s 4th-ranked recruiting class per 247Sports’ Composite Team Rankings, […]
Discounting Arjei Henderson‘s brief three and a half month commitment to the Ducks between July and November of 2017, the first player to commit to Oregon’s 2019 recruiting class became the second member to de-commit from the program in the span of about two and a half weeks. On Wednesday, Alvin (Texas) three-star cornerback Marques […]
A little over a week after Oxnard (Calif.) three-star prospect JR Waters became the Ducks’ first verbal commitment at wide receiver for the class of 2019, Oregon head coach Mario Cristobal and his staff of relentless recruiters notched their second wide receiver commitment Sunday when Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy four-star Josh Delgado made the call […]
On June 13, the NCAA announced a dramatic change to their policy relating to athletes participating in football and their ability to utilize their rights to redshirt. In short, the rule change – effective this season – enables players who have not yet used a redshirt year to participate in up to four games while […]
