James Euscher is a Duck!

[hendrg]

His video on the Scout article looked pretty good to me. Not amazing like Andre's, but definitely solid and athletic.

With Greatwood coaching technique and Rad building him up, the kid will be a stud by the time he's a junior.

Great points made by thegreenstain above!

[maxduck]

Aaron Klovas

Make that 4* Aaron Klovas. Offensive line ratings don't mean much.

[Boom]

So it's been about 6 years? before we were running the spread offense.... not bad.

[freedjr]

Kaiser, Holmes and Asper were all 2*. I for one am excited as long as Chip and Greatwood are.

[NCDucks09]

This thread is a virtual carbon copy of threads that were made after some unknown lineman by the name of C.E. Kaiser committed to the Ducks back in 2005.

"Washington and Washington State didn't even offer him."

"I am surprised the coaches offered a kid who only had one other offer, from Idaho."

"Hope the coaches know what they are doing."

"Can't say I'm very excited about this."

"Oh well, they can't all be studs."

Gotta love message boards.

This has gotta win like best post of July or something!

[Hoagduck]

Greatwood's opinion is beyond reproach. This kid will do fine.

[PDXShogun]

This is kind of like when UW picked up James Atoe from The Dalles last year. He was likely headed to Portland St. until UW offered him. Sarkisian said he felt that Atoe had NFL-potential. It seems that there are more sleepers (and busts) at OL than any other position.

One thing I noticed is that, for being 6-7 280 the kid doesn't look like some fat slob. He appears to be in really good shape. The state of Oregon's HS practice limitations kids like this tend to fly under the radar becuase they haven't had as much coaching, but it would seem like there is a lot to work with here...and of course no one is better than Greatwood at bringing potential out.

[duckgrad99]

Here is my take. Euscher might turn out to be good or he might not. I just think in general, it's hard to get excited about an OL commit. I also don't think we have to love every Oregon commit just because we should trust the coaches. The bottom line is that you really cannot judge a recruit or recruiting class for at least a few years anyway.

[MacDuck]

2 coaches on our staff that shouldn't get questioned re who they bring in are Greatwood & Neal. Both have a tremendous eye for talent and developing it.

[duckstheword]

2 coaches on our staff that shouldn't get questioned re who they bring in are Greatwood & Neal. Both have a tremendous eye for talent and developing it.

+1

That's been proven over and over.

[dthomas=ddixon]

I was looking at some pics of Euscher... wow, 280 lbs & not an ounce of fat on him. He looks like a WR! A little coaching & this is gonna be a beast. For years ours best Olines have been made up of 2*s, we've gotten spoiled by the last 3 years having classes full of 4* Olineman. Like others have said, Olineman rankings can be a crapshoot. This kids 6'7 280 lbs & FIT, he's probably just fundamentally raw.

[picksix]

I think i read somewhere that he also did some long snapping duties. That would make him extra valuable IMO.

[duckfan96]

So he comes to Oregon and works out with Radcliffe and just working out at a college level period. What does this guy end up as far as weight? Will he be around 300? Just wonderin. Welcome to Oregon

[greenyellow]

So he comes to Oregon and works out with Radcliffe and just working out at a college level period. What does this guy end up as far as weight? Will he be around 300? Just wonderin. Welcome to Oregon

He'll probably only end up at around 290-300 since Oregon doesn't always like having big, bulky OL. Chip likes to have OL who have great agility and speed, so they can keep up with the offense and get around on their pulls.

[UOducksTK1]

I think i read somewhere that he also did some long snapping duties. That would make him extra valuable IMO.

Johnstone is known for doing long snapping too though, so who knows. I don't think LS is a big position to stress about though especially after getting Howell.