Oregon Ducks coach Dan Lanning is cementing himself as a force on the recruiting trail and he's doing it with integrity, not NIL. Ahead of Early National Signing Day, exclusive interviews with Oregon receiver Tez Johnson and tight end Terrance Ferguson reveal what makes Lanning different and special.

 

Oregon Ducks' Dan Lanning Is An Elite Recruiter, NIL Isn't Why: Tez Johnson Exclusive

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Oregon Ducks coach Dan Lanning is cementing himself as a force to be reckoned with on the recruiting trail and he's doing it with integrity. The Oregon brand is

 

That's just a fantastic article right there. 

Great article! Thank you for sharing.
 

It’s not going to play well in Seattle, LA, Columbus, et al because they believe that the only reason Oregon is able to sign top recruiting classes is because of PK’s NIL money.  
 

The seniors paint a very different picture about the culture at Oregon that Coach Lanning has established and the type of man he is.  
 

Tez Johnson:

 

"We tell the recruits... 'When you come here, you're going to practice. You're going to work every day. You're going to go to school. You're going to come back, have meetings, and you'll be up here [points to meeting rooms] all day.’”

 

"If you have any dreams of going to the next level, this is the school you want to be at. There's no other school you want to be at other than here. A lot of schools, you have a lot of distractions around you. But in Eugene, it's football all day."

 

"Every game day, we're ready to run through a brick wall for [Coach Lanning]. Because he's going to give you all that he got. He's going to give you 100 percent every day. He's the most mentally prepared and mentally tough guy I've ever seen in my life. I don't know how he does it. The consistency is unbelievable."

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On 12/3/2024 at 7:27 AM, Desert Duck said:

That's just a fantastic article right there. 

Now mind you, I'm not here saying that Husky fans can read. But if someone were to read the article to them, they wouldn't believe it. The only way that, "The Zeroe's get recruits and coaches is because Phil pays them!"