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The June recruiting push is already starting to bear fruit. Caleb Presley (per 247) is the #9 CB, #78 player over, and #2 player in Washington. Oregon Recruiting: Ducks become heavy favorite to land Caleb Presley DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM After landing Washington’s No. 1 player — Josh Conerly — in 2022, Oregon is now predicted to land the No. 2 player in Washington in 2023. Landing him would be pretty sweet, he's a very high end blue chip and would also antagonize the Huskie fanbase even further. Best case scenario is also landing Jayden Wayne who's the #1 player in the state...incidentally things are looking good for the Ducks with him as well!

Would've been nice to get him but it is what it is. Ducks are already pretty deep at TE anyway.

To me, priority would be Dante Moore then any one of the other 5* guys. Two 5* along with the other blue chips that make up 50% of the recruiting class would be a very successful year. I like Avery Johnson but he would likely need more time to develop than Dante would.

I was a bit surprised at this, particularly at the sudden last-minute aspect of it. But to each their own and Oregon has more than a few high blue chip offensively linemen visiting. I hope it's going well this weekend so far for Oregon!

Oregon Recruiting: 5-star OT Kadyn Proctor cancels visit to Oregon DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Tough break for the Ducks. 5-star OT Kadyn Proctor canceled his OV to Oregon and took the Ducks out of his...

Crossing my fingers that the LB group can stay healthy, particularly Flowe.

Reading on various articles that observed his performance at the OT7 event, all of them very positive, it sounds like perhaps at the very least he's a top 5 receiver in the 2023 class. Thompson, Butterfield, and our future 2023 QB recruit should be drooling at the prospect of dropping bombs to this guy!

All that academic "prowess" sure doesn't help them one lick on the field. Just sayin'.

The next couple weekends are going to be insane for recruiting, I can't recall a time where more 4 and 5 star players were bussed in at once!

Huskies are ranked waaaay too low.

I'm fascinated to see how Sean Dollars turns out. He's shown flashes of being a dynamic runner in the few plays we've seen but his health had been an obstacle, I feel like he's got the right chops to be an impact player this coming season.

Same here. Hopefully Dillingham teaches him some extra discipline and patience. My gut tells me that he's an above-average college QB at his best, which if you pair with good defense and special teams, is enough to win a Pac12 title.

I am, of course, excited about the Oregon's potential for the upcoming season. I'm also a realist at heart and understand that a tremendous number of things would have to go the exact right way for our Ducks to get to the CFP in Lanning's first season. My expectation for a successful first year under DL: 10+ wins Offense is balanced, consistent, and averages >=38 ppg Defense averages <= 20 ppg Pac-12 championship appearance Wins respective bowl game 2023 recruiting class within the top 15

I agree with you that Georgia last year proved that you can still win it all with primarily defense within the offensive-oriented landscape nowadays. That being said, I think that's a tougher road to travel and that teams with both great offense and great defense generally win out more often than a team with a mediocre offense and spectacular defense. Georgia's defensive personnel last season was ridiculously stacked with NFL 1st and 2nd rounders and I think rather out of the norm, even for top 5 teams.

Given that lately it seems like our Ducks are fading in pursuit of Jaden Rashada, this is very good news for Oregon (at the moment). College football recruiting: Oregon a team to watch for 2023 5-star QB Dante Moore 247SPORTS.COM ...

You never know. Joe Burrow had that monster season once the right offense was put around him, before that he was relatively average.

Yeah I had to hold my nose as well but I limit it to just the questionable decision-making tendencies that seem to parallel the two. If Dillingham can get Nix to reduce his mistakes and think a little more clearly, he'll do well running the offense.

I'm also in agreement about Cota. He showed in the Spring game that his career at UCLA is not reflective of his actual talent, it feels like he just wasn't a good fit for their offense or just wasn't utilized properly. He'll be very interesting to watch under Dillingham's playcalling!

I was thinking about this the other day and one former Pac-12 QB came to mind that I feel has some legit comparison with Nix... Jake Browning College Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com WWW.SPORTS-REFERENCE.COM - Washington (QB) Yup, Jake Browning. I considered him an above-average college QB who could competently run the offense and make most throws but he had a consistent issue of panicking when under pressure, attempting ill-advised plays when being chased by the defense. He did that at least a few times when playing Oregon. If Nix could perform at a similar above-average level while reducing the amount of puzzling bad plays to just a handful, then Oregon had a good shot at winning the Pac12 champion and perhaps even sneak into the CFP.

Last I checked Jayson Jones easily weighed 330, giving him both the reach and the heft. I thought that kind of size would have done well on Georgia's DL.

Jayson Jones. Enormous DT and would have fit in very well with Dan Lanning's defensive philosophy.

I don't know if they're a package deal, though I would think that would factor in at least a little bit.

Oregon Recruiting: Ducks in tight race for 5-star QB Jaden Rashada DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The Oregon Ducks are among the favorites to land 5-star QB Jaden Rashada, who will announce his... Looks like Oregon is in the #2 seat at the moment, nipping on the heels of Florida.

I remember that game well...USC for whatever reason, thought the way to win was to get into a shootout with Oregon 🤔

Wow that's a huge weekend...if Oregon snags even just 1/3rd of that list then that's a darn good day.