Today's story from practice, from our guy Gabriel:

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There are a few DAWG fans with worries.

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Jordan Anderson is closing in on 30 offers at this stage in the process, and he just opened up his junior season last night. It has been pretty common this offseason to see Anderson wearing Oregon gloves at different events, and he once again was sporting his green and white Oregon gloves on Thursday night in his debut at Long Beach (Calif.) Millikan. Anderson made some really impressive plays on offense including a big catch down the sideline and nice run after the catch on a screen pass. Fellow Oregon target Myles Jackson is the one throwing the passes at Millikan once again this season, and the duo has a nice rapport already.

Anderson has a lot of interest in the Ducks and is planning on making it back out to Eugene for a game this season. He's someone you should get to know, and you can do that by watching my interview with him (with highlights) after his team's 62-13 win last night in the season opener out in California.

Terrance Green 3* - 5.7 to 4* - 5.8 (+15 points)
Kenyon Sadiq 3* - 5.5 to 3* - 5.7 (+30 points)
Colin Gill 3* - 5.5 to 3* - 5.6 (+15 points)

Ducks are up to #18 in the team rankings, with Mixon still not rated.

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Going to add more functionality to this one over time, but here is the current class calculator

2023 Oregon Recruiting Calculator

The latest on some top prospects in the region:

Full story here:

Potentially surprise commit on the way.

Kenyon Sadiq was thought to be heading to Iowa State. I have heard from some people that Oregon came on really strong after Riley Williams committed to Miami. Sadiq is being recruited as a tight end by Oregon and is set to announce in about 30 minutes:

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This is according to John Ourand of Sports Business Journal. He reports that they will sign a deal with NBC for ~ $60 mil per year. This sounds low compared to B1G money - BUT, they will get at least $11 mil from ACC every year plus keep all of their bowl revenue and all of their share of CFP revenue when they make it.

I said it a while ago in the other thread: ND DEEPLY values their independence. The only real deal breaker for them is CFP inclusion. As long as they have CFP access, their preference is independent.

Not sure what the B1G does; the general consensus is that they will likely stand pat -- for now -- if ND stays independent.

I'll be joining the always fun Rian Winter, aka SportsChat 503, today for a live chat in a few minutes. The link to Rian's Twitter is below, where you can watch. This will go between 30-45 minutes, and we'll be taking questions.


https://twitter.com/SportsChat503

Right here:

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Announcement: Aug. 17; 2:15 p.m. PDT
Finalists: Oregon, Arizona, Cal, Washington

California edge rusher Jaeden Moore looked like he was bound to make a decision in the fall as he continued to pick up more interest and offers plus take more visits this summer. Instead, he has quickly shifted course and will announce his decision this week as he has gone public with his plans to pick a school this Wednesday. He also named a final group today consisting of Oregon, Arizona, Cal and Washington. The Ducks are a newcomer to the party and actually offered him while he was on a visit to Washington (which is pretty funny) and quickly became a major player ever since that point. He's definitely a top priority for the other schools on his list, but Oregon will end up being the last school to host him on a visit before his decision after he visited Eugene for SNL a couple weeks ago. The Ducks have been trending since offering him, and at this point it does feel like the Ducks have moved into the "team to beat" category. Still doing some more digging to get some true clarity on that, since he has played this one pretty close the vest all along, but Oregon certainly has to feel good about the direction this recruitment has taken up to this point.

He's definitely a really impressive recruit and someone a lot of schools are now starting to notice of heading into his senior season. He put together a really impressive offseason and fits what most teams are looking for at the edge rusher spot.

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There is a new biography out for Jim Thorpe, Path Lit By Lightning by David Maraniss.

Thorpe's life was almost one long tragedy, from not being permitted to be a citizen of the United States, to the rescinding his two gold medals for the Pentathlon and Decathlon on false charges of professionalism to the final indignity when his third wife in a fit of greed and grift sold his body to a town in PA rather that go thru with his burial in honor in Oklahoma.

As Eisenhower remarked after playing football against Thorpe that "he could do anything anyone else could do and do it better."

Credit Chile’s track ducks board for this news: Dutch international star discus / shot thrower Joridine Van Klinken has UO ‘23 on her instagram.

Gabriel also has a good story on how Brandon Dorlus answered the coaches' challenge for him to become a true leader for this defense.

Gabriel was out there today for us:

More on Dante Moore and others here:

It may be a longshot to happen this fall, but Oregon is on KJ Bolden's radar. Something to watch going forward.

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5 years and around 1 million. (Per Oregonian) He obviously wants to navigate the future

Good run down of where we stand with remaining recruits.

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