Per ESPN Rodney Hardrick commits to Oregon

[buckmarkduck]

I've heard that Castle would have been a 4* recruit if not for the injuries, so it's likely that unlike other schools UO has decided they would stick with kids even if the do get hurt.

[Hoagduck]

"He told me they wanted to offer me the last scholarship spot at linebacker last night, and I took it."

Guess we're done with LBs. Making it six (!) on the year. Coleman I believe is more projected at Safety, though.

[greenyellow]

After reading his recruiting profile, he's not that bad of a recruit. Typical of most LBs, he could gain some weight. Probably another good find by the Ducks coaching staff.

[mijaha]

Oregon's recruiting to this point has put us in a position to win a National Championship. I'm done basing my expectations on recruits by their star rating.

To all the haters and complainers. LMJ was a 3-star, in case you didn't notice, he landed 3rd best player in the country this year. In fact most of our senior class is a bunch of 3-stars. To name a few...

2007 Class (Seniors): Casey Matthews, Eddie Pleasant, Jeffrey Maehl, Talmadge Jackson, and David Paulson.
2008 Class (rs Sophomores & Juniors): LMJ, Josh Kaddu, Kenjon Barner.

Lol, the list just goes on and on. This class already looks superb, Anthony Wallace, Christian French, Jared Ebert, Ekpre-Olomu, Sumler, Randall, Yruretagoyena... More to come, like Tra Carson, Devon Blackmon, and a couple I bet we don't even know about yet.

Go DUCKS!

Excellant post, iprefer to trust our coaching staff more than a recruiting website. The only ranking I care about is the one at the end of the season, not Rival's

[gofightingducks]

He still needs to take an official visit before he can officially commit since he has only taken several unofficials but it seems like a good pickup

[GrandpaDuck]

This kid was injured early in his Junior year.

He played a full Senior season. Had about 98 tackles, was active in pass coverage and had some sacks too. Averaged 20 yards per catch on 41 receptions on offense.

Ratings are usually established after Junior years. Players with big Senior seasons, like Hardrick and Tra Carson are often under-rated. Whereas players who had big Sophomore and Junior seasons but then have disappointing Senior years tend not to be down-rated in the rankings much.

[greenyellow]

This kid was injured early in his Junior year.

He played a full Senior season. Had about 98 tackles, was active in pass coverage and had some sacks too. Averaged 20 yards per catch on 41 receptions on offense.

Ratings are usually established after Junior years. Players with big Senior seasons, like Hardrick and Tra Carson are often under-rated. Whereas players who had big Sophomore and Junior seasons but then have disappointing Senior years tend not to be down-rated in the rankings much.

When people said he was coming off a knee injury, I thought it occurred this season. Now that I've seen it was during his JR year and now his stats as SR were good, he was easily underrated coming into the season and hasn't been re-ranked.

[bellsduck]

"He told me they wanted to offer me the last scholarship spot at linebacker last night, and I took it."

Guess we're done with LBs. Making it six (!) on the year. Coleman I believe is more projected at Safety, though.

Wonder where this puts us with Lyerla?

[hines]

"He told me they wanted to offer me the last scholarship spot at linebacker last night, and I took it."

Guess we're done with LBs. Making it six (!) on the year. Coleman I believe is more projected at Safety, though.

Wonder where this puts us with Lyerla?

pssssst. Lyerla isn't a LB. the end.

[greenyellow]

"He told me they wanted to offer me the last scholarship spot at linebacker last night, and I took it."

Guess we're done with LBs. Making it six (!) on the year. Coleman I believe is more projected at Safety, though.

Wonder where this puts us with Lyerla?

pssssst. Lyerla isn't a LB. the end.

More like a TE or DE, depending on where the coaches are recruiting for.

[bellsduck]

"He told me they wanted to offer me the last scholarship spot at linebacker last night, and I took it."

Guess we're done with LBs. Making it six (!) on the year. Coleman I believe is more projected at Safety, though.

Wonder where this puts us with Lyerla?

pssssst. Lyerla isn't a LB. the end.

It was more of a general question because in the past few days we've gotten a committment from TE French, whom most had written off, and now a person that most didn't have on their radar taking the remaining LB spot. If we truly lead for Shelton and Blackmon and Carson then total # of spots are quickly running out. Seems like I had read earlier that Lyerla's position once he comes to college is unknown but could be any of TE/DE/LB. So 2 of those spots are now full and gone?

[skdragon1]

^ It is, albeit unlikely, but Colt could be nasty as a wideout as well. 66 230 with 4.5 speed - talk about beasting opposing DBs, both run blocking and receiving. That is, if he doesn't go to Cal haha

[glazeduck]

"He told me they wanted to offer me the last scholarship spot at linebacker last night, and I took it."

Guess we're done with LBs. Making it six (!) on the year. Coleman I believe is more projected at Safety, though.

Wonder where this puts us with Lyerla?

pssssst. Lyerla isn't a LB. the end.

It was more of a general question because in the past few days we've gotten a committment from TE French, whom most had written off, and now a person that most didn't have on their radar taking the remaining LB spot. If we truly lead for Shelton and Blackmon and Carson then total # of spots are quickly running out. Seems like I had read earlier that Lyerla's position once he comes to college is unknown but could be any of TE/DE/LB. So 2 of those spots are now full and gone?

Spots won't "fill up" for Lyerla. We're recruiting him as a TE - rumor is that that's where he wants to play - but regardless... we'll keep a spot open for him. French, LBs, or otherwise.

Absolute WORST CASE SCENARIO, we have Colt and French compete for TE, the other moves to DE. Problem solved.

[uostudent]

From everything I've read, Lyerla is USC bound. Colt is enamored with USC and the number of guys they've sent to the pros. I really don't think that Colt wants to play DE, because there's no way he'd play that position in the pros. He'll either be a TE or LB in college.

[bellsduck]

From everything I've read, Lyerla is USC bound. Colt is enamored with USC and the number of guys they've sent to the pros. I really don't think that Colt wants to play DE, because there's no way he'd play that position in the pros. He'll play either be a TE or LB in college.

Pssst. Don't tell Hines that Lyerla might want to be a LB.