New Commit

[Destroyer77]

Will be a 4* in the next rankings for Rivals I am told and should be as well on Scout.com.

Mitchell is maybe the best if not top 3 Corners on the west coast and this is a huge get for the Ducks. Very physical guy who can bump and run with the best. Should come right in and with being an EE could compete to play right away.

This is a big deal. It may seem superficial to care about qualitative star rankings, but when the lay person, fan, or donor looks at the quality of recruits we are getting, star power and ranking help. If Rivals is going to rank him 4*, that would mean the most accurate (arguably) recruiting service will rank our first 3 commits of the 2010 class as 4*. HUGE.

[Oracle]

Will be a 4* in the next rankings for Rivals I am told and should be as well on Scout.com.

Mitchell is maybe the best if not top 3 Corners on the west coast and this is a huge get for the Ducks. Very physical guy who can bump and run with the best. Should come right in and with being an EE could compete to play right away.

This is a big deal. It may seem superficial to care about qualitative star rankings, but when the lay person, fan, or donor looks at the quality of recruits we are getting, star power and ranking help. If Rivals is going to rank him 4*, that would mean the most accurate (arguably) recruiting service will rank our first 3 commits of the 2010 class as 4*. HUGE.

It also doesn't hurt with other recruits. If you can show that top quality kids are coming to your program it helps other big name kids not feel like they're going to a less relevant program. You get to sell the "we're building something special here. Come get on board." angle.

If you're a bigtime QB it helps to see that there's already a Rivals top 100 TE to throw to as well as a Rivals top 250 back to hand off to or throw to in your class. A 4* corner to lock the other guy's receivers down doesn't hurt at all.

[duckstheword]

The three players we've got so far in this class are so awesome. Excellent athletes and football players that WANT to play for the University of Oregon. You cant ask for more than that. This class has the potential to be pretty special when its all said and done, even with the limited scholarships availible.

I think we are becoming less limited on schollies everyday! lol

Seriously though, we've had four open up this spring, and I would guess that at least one more will open up due to an incoming player's grades. Will Cliff Harris graduate? Will Braxton Lane take an MLB contract? Those are just a couple of the more obvious academic issues...

I think this class will be bigger than most expected by next February...

[ncduck]

Even if Braxton Lane gets drafted doesn't mean he won't play for the Ducks. When I interned for the Idaho Falls Padres, Mewelde Moore was on the roster for a good portion of the summer before heading back to Tulane where he was a solid RB that is now in the NFL. Dennis Dixon is another example of a guy doing both and succeeding.

[uodux1212]

"Dream school" is music to my ears... Now you KNOW that kid wants to be here

GO DUCKS

[ducklydoright]

Once the new rankings come out he will be a 4* but if he was going to Washington he would get a 5*.
As for the slow 40 time, it's because the time is from his SO year and it was timed on the Oakland Raiders crappy practice facility.