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SAN FRANCISCO - The NFL released the list of players invited to the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine with 36 of the 324 prospects coming from the Pac-12, the third most among all conferences. After being remote due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, the combine returns to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and will be broadcast on NFL Network from March 1 through March 7 and will feature athletes from 10 of the 12 conference members.

ARIZONA STATE led all Pac-12 schools with eight invitations, four on offense and four on defense. It's only the seventh time in the Pac-12 era that a school as sent at least eight players to the combine.

Running back Rachaad White, who rushed for over 1,000 yards with 15 rushing touchdowns this season, helped his stock with 52 rushing yards on 11 carries at the Senior Bowl.

Meanwhile, five of the Sun Devils were featured in the East West Shrine Bowl with offensive tackle Kellen Diesch representing the offense and linebacker Darien Butler, defensive tackle D.J. Davidson and defensive backs Jack Jones and Chase Lucas representing the defense.

Tight end Curtis Hodges played in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl and had one catch for 13 yards.

Offensive lineman Dohnovan West was the team's starting center this season, moving from right guard to replace previous starter Cade Cote, but missed the Sun Devils' bowl game with a hand injury.

MOST NFL COMBINE INVITATIONS IN PAC-12 ERA

The Oregon men's basketball team (15-7) looks for its tenth win in the last eleven games as they try to sure up a spot in the March Madness tournament. The Ducks take on the Stanford Cardinal (14-9) on Thursday, Feb. 10

From Ducks Wire USA today.

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You don't have to be a fan to appreciate this. His back story is pretty cool, growing up and training at the SLC Oly facilities, 2d year at Yale, where yes, they do have a rink on campus.



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Any news re when he will announce? I thought it was gonna be today. Sounds like UF vs UO, with many thinking he's a Gator. Anyway, if anyone has any intel please share.

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I hate the way you have to watch two channels to watch a UO MBB game this year, but the prior games go slow and that's what you get. MAkes it hard to record. Fall asleep on Furd at your own risk. And Mookie will be in the house!

Never ending "it's still not enough." So how would this work on top of NIL? Seems like sheer insanity to me, but we are probably beyond that anyway.

Edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux, running back CJ Verdell, receivers Johnny Johnson III and Devon Williams, cornerback Mykael Wright and safety Verone McKinley III are among the 324 players invited to this year’s Combine, which will take place in Indianapolis from March 1-7.

Thanks all, and @twellnitz for hitting that last one. Probably owe you a beer (or six) now.

He's from PTown, but moved to Chandler to play his last 2 years. The final para. of this article says there's a case to be made for him to be the best player of the 23 class.

"Graf: For me, it’s going to have to be somehow leaving
Marquis Cook
out of the top three in 2023. Cook has a very strong case for being number one in the class, as he’s playing some of the best basketball of his high school career as of late. The AZ Compass Prep junior has been fantastic at both ends of the court, and really coming into his own as a spot-up shooter."

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Anyone else feel like this off-season has been already too long?

I'm back after taking a few days mostly off, spent some time in Central Oregon recovering from the insanity of my last few months, but am really ready for some football and excited for recruiting coming up.

When I started following the recruiting part, you'd almost never hear about a guy from the future classes, unless they were a complete freak. Now we hear about 2026 quarterbacks getting dropped an offer.

If you haven't had the chance, give @NathanPapandrea 's article a read. Also, make sure to watch the videos while going through the article, otherwise, it might be difficult to understand some of the lingo. I think over time, with the great depth of analysis he is providing, we will all become more knowledgable about a sport we all love.


Following that up, @Scott Reed added his thoughts about the addition of Taimani, basketball and some relevant recruiting bits for today:


I think if Oregon had more room they'd make a better push for Boardingham, but scholly numbers and stop gaps (read grad transfers) may be out there.

Looking forward to recruiting, @Matt Moreno has another solid recruiting article out on 2023 Edge target, Hunter Clegg (which is a pretty solid football name):


Thank you all for being a part of this community.

Justin Herbert won the offensive MVP for the pro bowl. I didn’t get a chance to watch but saw he tossed a couple TDs as the starter for the AFC in a win. Nice to add to the resume!

Max gives pretty good run down of what we got.

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Oregon jumped into the mix with an offer a couple weeks ago to American Fork, Utah edge rusher Hunter Clegg. The 6-foot-4 junior was still on JV as a sophomore playing wide receiver with some success. At the urging of some coaches he decided to add weight last year ahead of his junior season and make the transition to defense. He had more success and now has become a rising recruit in the 2023 class. He's picked up most of his offers over the last month or so. Oregon is one of his recent offers, and he was definitely left impressed by the Ducks' decision to get involved. He's hoping to get on a visit at some point once the dead period is over, but he has a lot of respect for Dan Lanning and Tony Tuioti right now. Utah has emerged as the early favorite and his brother just signed as a PWO with the Utes, but he sounds adamant that other programs are going to have a chance to earn his commitment.

"It’s always just been that wow program where I never thought anything like that would ever happen. ... It was probably one of my more emotional offers, just that wow factor from Oregon. Then, coach Lanning being at Oregon you know he knows his stuff, and he knows what talent looks like. So, he’d be a good guy to be around so you can know what you need to do to get to that next level.”