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I know he played both ways in HS, and it seems to me our class is full at OL and bare on the DL...is it possible we're looking at him as a DE? He'd be a monster with his size out there. Think a more developed Brandon Bair (more developed as to when Bair entered the program, obviously).

nerickso wrote:I know he played both ways in HS, and it seems to me our class is full at OL and bare on the DL...is it possible we're looking at him as a DE? He'd be a monster with his size out there. Think a more developed Brandon Bair (more developed as to when Bair entered the program, obviously).

I think he's OL. I can't imagine, however, that the coaches haven't explored options like greyshirting the OL Projects, Euscher and Prater, or possibly asking them if they want to reconsider.

Part of the reason you take a couple projects every year is because you can ask them to greyshirt or under extreme circumstances drop their offers if the 5stars come calling.

vagusnerve wrote: I think he's OL. I can't imagine, however, that the coaches haven't explored options like greyshirting the OL Projects, Euscher and Prater, or possibly asking them if they want to reconsider.

Part of the reason you take a couple projects every year is because you can ask them to greyshirt or under extreme circumstances drop their offers if the 5stars come calling.

That's kinda harsh. I'm not sure the coaches at Oregon are quite that machiavellian about it. I would be disappointed in any coaching staff who signed guys and then later got better recruits by asking the original signees to leave or grayshirt. That sounds like something they would do @ Alabama or Georgia.

Nah I think he's too good of an OL but I guess time will tell. As long as they snag one more DT with the spots available and fill it out with the most talented players they can regardless of position I'd be happy with this class. Heck, I'd most likely be happy with this class if we missed out on a DT (or two DTs if we're talking about the Black Mamba too). I wouldn't go so far as to ask the guys to greyshirt unless if they were hurt and needed the extra time to recover.

He played TE up until his Senior year of high school so it's possible he has the athleticism to play on defense, but I'm almost positive we're recruiting him for OL. I think the Auburn game goes to show we need a little more top shelf talent there to get over the top. He looks like a potential book-end at OT.

Great physical athlete.

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Phalanx wrote:

vagusnerve wrote: I think he's OL. I can't imagine, however, that the coaches haven't explored options like greyshirting the OL Projects, Euscher and Prater, or possibly asking them if they want to reconsider.

Part of the reason you take a couple projects every year is because you can ask them to greyshirt or under extreme circumstances drop their offers if the 5stars come calling.

That's kinda harsh. I'm not sure the coaches at Oregon are quite that machiavellian about it. I would be disappointed in any coaching staff who signed guys and then later got better recruits by asking the original signees to leave or grayshirt. That sounds like something they would do @ Alabama or Georgia.

Yeah maybe you're right. I didn't mean to come off sounding so brutal toward those guys.

All I meant is that the I am sure that the coaches plan everything out so that they have this type of flexibility at the end. I mean, we shouldn't be able to take any more players at this point, i think we only had 22 or 23 scholarships to offer before the javes lewis thing, which opens one more. And if we are taking DT, Fisher and a DTackle, then that is more schollies then we have without some dudes greyshirting.

I didn't mean that the coaches would jack the incoming players who have already committed, but that they offered them scholarships with conditions attached.

Who knows. Not trying to bag on Prater or Euscher though.

nerickso wrote:I know he played both ways in HS, and it seems to me our class is full at OL and bare on the DL...is it possible we're looking at him as a DE? He'd be a monster with his size out there. Think a more developed Brandon Bair (more developed as to when Bair entered the program, obviously).

We're not bare on the DL

At minimum we currently have 4 defensive line commits (not counting Colt & French) and we're still recruiting. We're losing 3 guys + 1 special teamer on the defensive line

We currently have 4 offensive line commits and we are losing 4 offensive lineman.

Fisher should play were ever he projects best at (guessing Oline)

Ya he looks like he may be able to play on either side of the ball.

He's oline all the way as are both Euscher and Prater, there is no plan for any of them to play DL. We aren't nearly as bad off as some think on DL, we will have a 6 man rotation and not 1 SR in the bunch at DT and we have solid DE. Have heard that Washington looked great leading up to the bowl game and could really surprise some people this spring.

But is Jake as tough as this?

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OL. next...

As great as our WR class is. The coaches have put together an unbelievable O-Line class. Fisher would top it off as probably the best O-Line class in oregon history. Its great to have D line that reqire double teams every play, but if we get an O-Line out there that man handle every D-Line this offense will be better than we could ever dream.

I say he stays at O-Line and becomes part of the best Offensive Line Oregon has ever had!

Phalanx wrote:

vagusnerve wrote: I think he's OL. I can't imagine, however, that the coaches haven't explored options like greyshirting the OL Projects, Euscher and Prater, or possibly asking them if they want to reconsider.

Part of the reason you take a couple projects every year is because you can ask them to greyshirt or under extreme circumstances drop their offers if the 5stars come calling.

That's kinda harsh. I'm not sure the coaches at Oregon are quite that machiavellian about it. I would be disappointed in any coaching staff who signed guys and then later got better recruits by asking the original signees to leave or grayshirt. That sounds like something they would do @ Alabama or Georgia.

It's not harsh if the kids in question were made fully aware that they might be asked to gray shirt, and decided to come anyway. But in that case it is on the coaches to be brutally honest during the whole process so it is in no way a surprise to a kid.

Seriously how many guys have gray shirted over the last 10 years without having injury or academics to clear up? 1-2? Why would the coaches suddenly start gray shirting kids? They won't be gray shirting kids, it's not like a RS, and if you start doing it, it will catch up to you in a class or two. Why mortgage the future, which from reports will be even stronger classes.