He is a tough nut to crack but here are his answers to questions yesterday after practice. It's about 7 minutes long.

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I guess there was some mutual interest with UO. Anyway, no need really if Dorsey comes back, and FSU's depth chart is probably more favorable. Good player though.


https://sports.yahoo.com/news/junio...as-attend-florida-state-020048398--ncaab.html

Kid has the goods. He's probably not even done growing! Great left hand, shot, feet....

Kamaka Hepa, playing at Jefferson next year.

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And they thought Chip Kelly was bad at personnel! They gave up three picks in this years draft (8, 77, 100) plus a first round pick next year (sure to be bad again) and a second round pick in 2018... just to move up six spots! LOL at Philly stupidity!

Brooks and Dorsey made the list. Good for them though, they got some attention from the elite 8 season, the fuss with K and Dook, but the writer is right, imo.


http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...draft-who-would-be-smart-to-return-to-college

As I'm sure some of you know, their is a certain board that is giving the impression that the sky is falling, with no commits since February. This got me thinking, does anyone know how many commits we had last year at this time, and how many we had on a monthly basis til NLI day 2016? I'm curious to find out when we got most of our verbal commitments. Can anyone help?

Cool feature by Rob Cassidy on the top recruit at each Pac-12 school during the Rivals era. Do you know who it is for the Ducks?

Pac-12: Top Rivals era recruit

Upland RFr has a chance to be one of the starters at DT next season. I caught up with him to talk spring camp.

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wow!! Local kid and a good one gone.

At the Mt. Sac...flotrack put this up as a freebie...no membership required. This won't last so see it soon. This is a strong field...including one of the best women sprinters in history, Alyson Felix. Here you go Tar Heal

ttp://www.flotrack.org/video/968495-tasty-race-oregon-women-break-4x1-school-record-3-in-ncaa

Alex Cook says he plans to be here next Saturday. Also that the Ducks are in his top 5.

Cook talks recruiting

Seems like there is lots of chatter about Molden choosing Stanford cause that's what "mom" wants. So let's just say that happens...but we get Graham before Molden decides. How many here would be happy with that trade? How many think we would take Molden too, if Graham has already committed?

You may have noticed Brandon hasn't been around much lately. Well just a note to let you know that he will be back as strong as before. Life just happened to pile a whole bunch of stuff on him at the same time. I look forward to his energy returning to DSA but in the meantime we will make do.

Today we looked at Elijah Hicks' film. I personally think he is a bit under rated. I have some more to add to this piece and will let you know when I do... but I got some great, great insight from one of his coaches, as soon as I transcribe that I will add it in...

One thing I will say is that he is very high on Oregon. The 'monkey wrench' is that his parents are high academic achievers and consider the Harvard and Yale offers more important, though he probably does not choose those over Oregon. At this point, the biggest challenge will come from Stanford... should they decide to offer, it could alter the landscape for Hicks and his folks.

Prospect Profile: Elijah Hicks

I caught up with La Mirada ATH (safety) Elijah Hicks who was up here last weekend with two of his teammates, landing an offer in the process. Details:

Elijah Hicks: It was hard to leave

New Duck offer went out tonight. This one up the road in Tigard.

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I bet Helf said if anyone tackles PB low they will sit the season, but still, looking good.I'd imagine his upper body is much stronger a year and half later, and he looks pretty agile!

http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/ind...rown_breaks_four_tack.html#incart_river_index

Sounds like a beast. When has Oregon had so many good OL PSA's?

http://www.oregonlive.com/recruiting/index.ssf/2016/04/jaxson_kirkland_mammoth_jesuit_1.html

A good discussion re some of Oregon's top talent. Apparently, Kirkland's Dad played for U Dub.
And the recent com by the big kid from Central HS.....

Five star CB from Calabasas, CA is headed to UW according to family member. His dad played at Portland State when coach Pete was coaching there in the early 90's. If true, UW is getting the best CB in the west according to some pundits.

I like the way SI is thinking on this one. First non-QB taken will be DeFo.

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DeForest Buckner
DE, Oregon

Considering there are 98 picks in this mock, I spent an inordinate amount of time on the Chargers’ first-round selection. Laremy Tunsil makes so much sense ... except that the Chargers have two potential starting tackles (King Dunlap and Joe Barksdale), signed a swing tackle (Chris Hairston) and brought back an offensive coordinator (Ken Whisenhunt) whose passing scheme is designed to negate edge pressure. More than all that, GM Tom Telesco finds himself under fire and knows he has to find defensive help if the 2016 Chargers are going to orchestrate a turnaround. Buckner or Jalen Ramsey would be critical to that end.

Full mock draft: SI

I joined Joey Mac on Duck Insider yesterday talking about some history of Oregon recruiting. It was pretty cool being on the official Oregon radio station and it went well. It lasts about 18 minutes and we cover some pretty interesting stuff for those of you who follow Duck football.

A.J. talks Oregon recruiting with Joey Mac

The new rule allows schools to pay for 2 guardians to accompany recruits on official visits. This could help the Ducks especially since getting to Eugene is tougher and more expensive than some other schools.

P.S. AJ or Brandon can you move this to the Casanova Center - posted in wrong forum

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/r...-guardians-accompany-recruits-official-visits