Over the last 4 years under Mario Cristobal, the recruiting prowess of Oregon Football got to heights it had never seen before--culminating in the program's highest-rated class of all time in 2021 (#6 nationally). One way they rose to power on the recruiting trail was by hitting California harder than ever before, bringing in big-time recruits like Justin Flowe and Kayvon Thibodeaux. Now that USC has Lincoln Riley, that sort of success in the state of California will be much more challenging to maintain.

On this episode of Locked On Ducks, Spencer McLaughlin is joined by Max Torres of Sports Illustrated. Oregon has a bevy of young and talented WRs in addition to veteran transfer Chase Cota from UCLA. Quietly the Ducks and WR coach Junior Adams added another pass catcher, Caleb Chapman, who's last stop was Texas A&M. Max gives insight as to what sorts of states the Ducks need to have success in going forward with another major challenger on the trail for California recruits. He thinks Oregon should start in emerging recruiting states that are close to home like Washington and Arizona--but thinks this staff could have a recruiting reach all over the country.

Oregon's early 2023 recruiting signs are strong at this point in Dan Lanning's first full cycle with the new staff. The next big domino Duck fans are waiting to fall is a big-time QB recruit...how important is it for the Ducks to get one of Jayden Rashada or Dante Moore? Even after the verbal commitment of 4-star RB Dante Dowdell, 5-star 23' RB Richard Young is still heavily considering the Ducks. Oregon was able to snag his last official visit over Ohio State.

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