question from a recruiting non expert

[duckfan96]

So to my untrained eye it looks like Oregon has a really good class, except for interior D lineman. Is that correct? Maybe linebacker could be better? Curious what the experts have to say on this. Thanks in advance

[squintsdd]

Not much of an expert, but i can say that Oregon has struggled to recruit d-line for the past few seasons. Lanning seems to rely heavily on the transfer portal to fill those holes. Whether that's by design or necessity, only he really knows. It does seem like their are more quality d-lineman in the portal than there are other defensive positions, so it hasn't really been a major issue yet. As for linebacker, I'm not quite sure what's going on there. While the product hasn't been horrible, it has been somewhat underwhelming

[greenyellow]

Oregon had a deep DL built through HS recruiting so they didn't need as many DL for a couple cycles. But now that they actually need DL, it's strange they couldn't attract any for the 2027 class with both their starters graduating after this upcoming season.

[bellsduck]

Oregon had a deep DL built through HS recruiting so they didn't need as many DL for a couple cycles. But now that they actually need DL, it's strange they couldn't attract any for the 2027 class with both their starters graduating after this upcoming season.

Only thing I can guess is some negative recruiting from other schools, but that's a total guess. Maybe seeing that some of our young guys haven't gotten many opportunities to play a lot the last few years because we've brought in transfers.
But that's just a total guess.