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Sounds like Jon Lewis has the Ducks as his dream school despite being committed to Texas Tech. Their D-line coach appears to be headed to Florida so Lewis is close to opening his recruitment back up.

I hope we take a serious look at him.

Oddly enough, Spring Texas, Jon Lewis' home ton, is 12 1/2 miles from the home of Oregon's QB, Darron Thomas, and RB Dontae Williams.

Coincidence?

Watch this highlight video... Nearly every tackle has Lewis doing a really nice job of "wrapping up" the ball carrier, and Lewis shows some decent skills pressuring the QB as well.

http://www.doubletnation.com/2010/9/24/ ... -oak-dt-de

Depending on how hard you search his 40 is listed at 4.9-5.1.

http://www.texasfootball.com/dl-6/

An impressive offer list. I would definitely take him.

Since it looks like we're going to miss out on Shelton, Lewis would be a nice addition.

What's the latest on Isiah Norton? Has he actually visited Oregon?

uostudent wrote:Since it looks like we're going to miss out on Shelton, Lewis would be a nice addition.

What's the latest on Isiah Norton? Has he actually visited Oregon?

Oregon isn't recruiting Norton anymore.

Lewis looks really good btw, and his if those strengths/weaknesses on his profile are accurate, then he sounds like he'd be a good fit for our D-line.

duckgrad99 wrote:An impressive offer list. I would definitely take him.

A lot better list than I thought he was going to have when I initially read the thread. Looks like an excellent fit for what Oregon does on the DL.

Uh oh, looks like Cal has offered him as well. (joke)

Again with the small linemen... I'm sure he is a good prospect, but size up front is one of our biggest weaknesses. I like his talent but we need to start recruiting big ugly's.

uofo627 wrote:Again with the small linemen... I'm sure he is a good prospect, but size up front is one of our biggest weaknesses. I like his talent but we need to start recruiting big ugly's.

Oregon wants fast, quick linemen over the big, plodding DL we see at other schools.

greenyellow wrote:

uofo627 wrote:Again with the small linemen... I'm sure he is a good prospect, but size up front is one of our biggest weaknesses. I like his talent but we need to start recruiting big ugly's.

Oregon wants fast, quick linemen over the big, plodding DL we see at other schools.

Yep. All the fans who are craving 350 lb space eaters can just forget it. Unless a guy still has great quickness & agility while being a "big ugly" (Haloti) the coaches aren't very interested. Look at Maola this year, Duck fans are creaming themselves over the guy & our coaches aren't even going after him that hard. Whether you agree with the strategy or not, our run D has been in the top 20 the past two years & I doubt we're gonna see anything change as far as their recruiting strategy goes.

uofo627 wrote:Again with the small linemen... I'm sure he is a good prospect, but size up front is one of our biggest weaknesses. I like his talent but we need to start recruiting big ugly's.

6'3 265 is fine sized for a HS interior lineman. With Coach Rad working his magic I don't see any reason he wouldn't be up over 280 within a year and maintaining all his quickness.

He's the exact same size as Todd Barr and I'm pretty sure everyone wanted him.

The kid has an offer from Alabama and they seem to know a thing or two about Dlineman, I think he would be a good get if the coaches choose to offer.

uofo627 wrote:Again with the small linemen... I'm sure he is a good prospect, but size up front is one of our biggest weaknesses. I like his talent but we need to start recruiting big ugly's.

6-3 265 is small? huh? that's perfect size for a HS kid. redshirt him and he's up to 285 in probably a year and a half.

sheesh. come on folks, we've known for 2 years now that Azz likes the D lineman around that size and believe it or not, not many colleges have an extra supple of 300+ D lineman. Fairley from Auburn is 295. Stop thinking that 300lbs is a some sort of sweet spot for D lineman, because it isn't and never will be.

hines wrote:

uofo627 wrote:Again with the small linemen... I'm sure he is a good prospect, but size up front is one of our biggest weaknesses. I like his talent but we need to start recruiting big ugly's.

6-3 265 is small? huh? that's perfect size for a HS kid. redshirt him and he's up to 285 in probably a year and a half.

sheesh. come on folks, we've known for 2 years now that Azz likes the D lineman around that size and believe it or not, not many colleges have an extra supple of 300+ D lineman. Fairley from Auburn is 295. Stop thinking that 300lbs is a some sort of sweet spot for D lineman, because it isn't and never will be.

I'm not sure where people got the idea that every DL out of HS has to be 300lbs. The only one in recent memory that Oregon has gotten at that size is Heimuli (to me Fili and Wade don't count since they never made it in).