Sounds like Buckner is a Duck!

[Jduck]

DEC 21
9:40
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By Greg Biggins
Honolulu (Hawaii) Punahou defensive end Deforest Buckner has been on the verge of making his college choice for two weeks now but has decided to push his announcement date back to Jan. 3 for the Marines All-American game.

Buckner has had the same top three schools on his list since the summer -- Oregon, Cal and UCLA.

He visited Oregon earlier this month and then was expected to trip to Cal the following week but it was canceled. He also set up a visit with UCLA (Jan. 13) but said he will no longer be taking that visit, which doesn’t leave room for much suspense on who he’ll choose.

“I canceled all my January visits,” Buckner said. “Oregon was a great visit, and I really felt comfortable there. In my heart, I know where I want to go, and I feel good about it but I thought it would be fun for my family and friends for me to do it at the All-American game.

“Just being in this game is a big deal and it means a lot to my family and our community. So this will make it more special for everyone involved, and I’ll be able to thank everyone who has played such a big role in helping me get to this point.”

Buckner was a standout at The Opening last summer and has a very nice upside to him, according to the ESPN scouts.

[dthomas=ddixon]

Very nice. Thanks for posting.

[thomas time]

Will be a nice pickup

[Quack_12]

Sounds like he is headed to Eugene nice to hear.

[SteelTown43]

Great news. Plus it's always nice to see a few guys throwin' on an Oregon hat during the All Star games, although it'll probably be a pretty ghetto, non-nike one

[karlhungis]

Nice to hear that he won't be visiting Cal.

[The411]

He'll be announcing for Oregon on 1/3/12

[bellsduck]

Is that a game that's on TV anywhere? Never heard of it.

[greenyellow]

Is that a game that's on TV anywhere? Never heard of it.

It's on CBS Sports Network, which is a cable station, not just plain network CBS.

[Boom]

But I thought coach Azz couldn't recruit

[Phenom]

Great to hear. Big time get!

[uostudent]

But I though coach Azz couldn't recruit

Can he recruit defensive tackles?

[Boom]

But I though coach Azz couldn't recruit

Can he recruit defensive tackles?

Does Ricky Heimuli, Isaac Remington, Jared Ebert, and Stetson Bair count?

[ncduck]

They don't count if it doesn't fit the storyline of a person's rant I guess.

[uostudent]

But I though coach Azz couldn't recruit

Can he recruit defensive tackles?

Does Ricky Heimuli, Isaac Remington, Jared Ebert, and Stetson Bair count?

In terms of recruiting ranking, Heimuli and Ebert yes. That's two DT's and Heimuli hasn't developed and Ebert hasn't seen the field yet. How many DT's has Coach Azz struck out with? He really dropped the ball with Kevin McReynolds last year...

I'm obviously willing to give him time, but right now he's the worst recruiter on Chip's staff.