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ON THE COVER
Gabriel (8) takes the field for the first time as an Oregon Duck after transferring from Oklahoma. The “Green Team” wins 28-17 during the Oregon Ducks Spring Game in Autzen Stadium on April 27, 2024. (Kai Kanzer/Emerald)
The Oregon Ducks Football team defeated Oregon State University 31-7 in a home match at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore., on Nov. 24, 2023. (Eric Becker/Emerald)
CAN THE DUCKS LIVE UP TO THE BIG TEN HYPE?
Oregon enters a season where it has the highest expectations seen since the Ducks’ national runner-up season in 2014. How do the 2014 and 2024 teams stack up against each other?
Oregon football finds itself in uncharted territory in many ways this year.
First, the Ducks start their first season in the superconference that the Big Ten became over the last couple of years.
However, more importantly, the Oregon Ducks currently hold the third-best odds to win the 2025 College Football Playoff Championship.
While this is no advertisement for gambling, every national gambling database has Oregon’s odds behind the national powerhouses University of Georgia and Ohio State.
The last time their odds ranked this highly was a decade ago, when the Ducks underwent their most successful and exciting season ever — 2014. But how does that tie back to today?
In a lot of ways, it doesn’t.
This new era of college football seems to benefit Oregon in a special way due to the promise of “unlimited NIL” from Nike founder and alumnus Phil Knight. The Ducks have the ability to go out and spend their recruiting money on anyone they please, which helps them recruit the right players for head coach Dan Lanning’s program.
Take Jabbar Muhammad, for example. The fifth-year senior posted an NFL-worthy 2023 season with the Washington Huskies, but instead of taking his talents to
By Jack Lazarus
the next level, he decided to try to bolster his draft stock by playing for the championship-caliber Ducks.
That stands out as the main difference between that 2014 squad and this iteration 10 years later.
The primary similarity can become the Ducks’ strongest point going into their first Big Ten season.
The majority of Oregon’s starting lineup will be upperclassmen, which reflects the makeup of Mark Helfrich’s team of destiny led by Oregon’s only Heisman Trophy winner, Marcus Mariota.
If they want to challenge the upper echelon of college football, the Ducks will need to find their new Mariota, and that is where Dillon Gabriel slots in.
Gabriel currently holds the top spot as the odds-on favorite to win the Heisman Trophy, and if the sportsbooks prove correct, the Ducks will have their second-ever winner of the most prestigious award in the sport.
If he posts Mariota-level numbers — something achievable only by few in history — Oregon will find itself in a prime position to make a deep run in the College Football Playoffs.
While the existing differences between the last time the Ducks welcomed this level of expectation seem large, this team hopes to prove they are the newest embodiment of their previous success.
With new players, the same system and high expectations, the 2024 Oregon Ducks have a golden opportunity to repeat the excitement brought by Mariota, Buckner and their crew exactly 10 years ago.
Oregon DB Tysheem Johnson (0) celebrates after making a tackle the University of Oregon Ducks Football team defeated Oregon State University 31-7 in a home match at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore., on Nov. 24, 2023. (Eric Becker/Emerald)
OREGON’S WEAPONS OUT WIDE
By Beck Parsons
The Oregon Ducks’ 2023 passing offense broke team records. No Duck ever threw for more single-season yards than departing quarterback Bo Nix. No Duck had more single-season receiving yards than his now-Broncos teammate, Troy Franklin, and no Duck had more single-season receptions than Nix’s adoptive brother Tez Johnson.
Of that group, only Johnson returns for 2024. With that in mind, how is it that the 2024 receiving corps might be even better? Is it possible that Oregon’s passing offense gets even more explosive?
The Ducks enter the 2024 college football season with perhaps the nation’s best overall roster. The team is full of talent, but its crown jewel may be the receiving corps, which publications like PFF, CBS Sports and On3 ranked as the nation’s best.
“We’re the best receiving room in the country,” Johnson said at Oregon’s Media Day. “As a group, nobody can touch us.”
Johnson came to Oregon in 2023 as a junior transfer from Troy University, where he’d had two solid seasons following 2020’s COVID year. Despite his skills, Johnson was known by many for being Nix’s adoptive brother.
That narrative changed during the season, as Johnson’s form continued to improve. He broke out against California in early November, when he hauled in 12 catches (his season high) for 180 yards (another season high) and two touchdowns.
He capped the season off with an impressive Fiesta Bowl, in which he tallied 11 catches for 172 yards and a touchdown. Those catches brought his season total to 86, which broke Oregon’s single-season record. He took those 86 catches for 1,182 yards (the third most in UO singleseason history) and ten touchdowns (tied for fourth most).
Despite elevating his game in 2023, Johnson is focused on the future. “It doesn’t matter what I did last year,” Johnson said. “I haven’t done anything this year.”
This year, Johnson will line up alongside Texas A&M University transfer Evan Stewart to form what PFF’s Max Chadwick called “the best receiver duo in the sport.”
Stewart spent his first two seasons in an A&M offensive scheme that drew criticisms from players and pundits alike, ultimately resulting in the departure of head coach Jimbo Fisher and 2023 offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino.
Despite his tantalizing blend of speed, agility and routerunning prowess, Stewart never achieved more than 500 yards or four touchdowns and ultimately decided to transfer. 247 Sports ranked Stewart as the No. 1 receiver and No. 2 overall player in the transfer portal.
Stewart said that a chance to increase production was what drew him to Oregon.
“Everyone says I lack the production, which in my eyes, I do,” Stewart said. “Seeing Troy [Franklin] and Tez [Johnson]
Oregon’s receivers may be nation’s best
do the production they did last year, I definitely feel like I can do that or even more.”
While Johnson and Stewart occupy most of the spotlight, Gabriel will have plenty of other quality wideouts to throw to. Senior Traeshon Holden and junior Gary Bryant Jr. proved their skills in supporting roles last season.
“My role is going to be whatever I make it,” Holden said. “Whenever the ball comes to me, I know what I’m gonna do with it.” Holden had 37 catches for 452 yards and six touchdowns in 2023.
2023 was Bryant Jr.’s first year with the Ducks after two years at USC.
“My expectation is to go out there and win,” Bryant Jr. said. “That’s all I came here for, even last year, was to help this team go to a national championship and win it.”
Fans can also expect to get a first real look at 2023 fivestar receiving prospect Jurrion Dickey, who’s previously been limited by injury. “Coming into this season, I feel like I upgraded a lot,” Dickey said. Offensive coordinator Will Stein called Dickey “a phenomenal player” who’s “ready now.”
The Ducks are loaded on the outside. If Gabriel can consistently put the ball in these receivers’ hands, it could free up his to hoist Oregon’s first ever national championship trophy.
Tez Johnson (15) attempts to make a catch in the endzone. The University of Oregon Ducks Football team defeated the Stanford University Cardinal in an away match at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California, on September 30, 2023. (Eric Becker/Emerald)
‘ON INNOVATION’, PART I:
HOW THE DUCKS RETROFITTED THEIR CLOSETS AHEAD OF THE BIG TEN
Oregon’s uniforms have always been flashy. With conference realignment in full swing, the program came together to re-affirm its identity.
By Owen Murray
“We got some heat coming. Stay tuned.”
Tez Johnson wasn’t talking about the Oregon Ducks’ stacked roster. Standing in front of the shiny walls of the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex, he was talking about the program’s concerted effort to thrust itself into the Big Ten with an all-new set of uniforms, dubbed “Generation O.”
Because, of course, it wasn’t enough that their full closets kept the Ducks on the front pages. It wasn’t enough that a sparkling throwback set sporting Donald Duck on its shoulders topped nationwide tier lists in 2023 on their way to a No. 8 final ranking and Fiesta Bowl victory. They needed more.
It’s almost unnecessary to discuss the history of uniforms in Oregon because it’s become so ubiquitous in the college football universe.
It’s just another way that innovation — a word that booms through the Autzen Stadium loudspeakers during the marching band’s pregame performance — manifests itself in the program.
This season-long series explores how innovation is woven into the Ducks’ genes: how they push the boundaries of college football and live life ahead of the curve.
Johnson is one of four players — alongside linebacker Jeffrey Bassa, lineman Marcus Harper II and wideout Traeshon Holden — on the Ducks’ uniform committee, a group assembled by longtime Oregon equipment manager Kenny Farr.
Usually, the group is the decision maker behind which combination of well-known attire the Ducks wear each week. Headed into 2025, though, its job description got even more exciting.
Farr is a lifelong fan. He grew up in Merlin, Oregon, and a two-hour gameday drive for his family kept him in the seats at Autzen Stadium.
After five years as a student equipment manager while completing a history degree in Eugene, he returned to work. A season next door at PK Park with Oregon baseball
was good enough for Farr to join then-Ducks head coach Chip Kelly’s program.
He hasn’t looked back. Last year’s innovations — a heatsensitive, color-changing cleat that Farr designed with Nike employee and former Ducks safety Mattrell McGraw, and the aforementioned “Mighty Oregon” throwbacks — were groundbreaking. Off the field and behind the camera, Bassa was bridging a gap between generations. Legendary Ducks running back De’Anthony Thomas was invited back to Eugene to reveal the first of the new uniforms, but the two were chopping it up while donning the all-black “Fly Era” combination.
“It’s been an honor,” Bassa said at Oregon’s preseason media day. “I think it was an honor to kind of just get a feel for all of the new uniforms [and] make history with Oregon going into the Big Ten, being like the first uniform set.”
Two weeks later, it was Bassa’s partner in the linebacker room, Jestin Jacobs, who donned “Gang Green” on Ducks social media. They’re “definitely” bragging about it, Jacobs said at media day, “because everyone wants to put on the uniform.”
It’s not just players on the current roster, either. Oregon’s brand is reaching across the nation and, as head coach Dan Lanning’s recruiting ambitions continue to grow, the style points certainly don’t hurt.
There’s no end to how much postulation and projection can be done about the season ahead. More than enough has been written about what’s expected from one of the most stacked programs in the country, and there’s plenty to expect from the Ducks on the field.
Just one thing is for sure: they’ll look damn good doing it.
‘On Innovation’ is a weekly series, published in the Daily Emerald’s Gameday edition, which breaks down the University of Oregon’s commitment to living ahead of every other school, on and off the football field.
A wall of small mannequins located in the lobby of the HatfieldDowlin Complex reveals the chronology of the Oregon football uniform from Webfoots to Ducks. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)
EVERYTHING ELSE IS NEW; THE MESSAGE IS THE SAME EVERYTHING ELSE IS NEW; THE MESSAGE IS THE SAME
The Big Ten is uncharted waters for Oregon, but head coach Dan Lanning — and his players’ — message remains the same
By Joe Krasnowski
After nine months of high hopes and dreams of grandeur, Dillon Gabriel, Oregon’s new quarterback, sat inside Oregon’s Autzen Club, seconds away from yet another confirmation that the start of a new chapter was here.
With a whirlwind five years of college football firmly in his rearview, he turned his focus to leading another new team with the No. 2 transfer class — a movement that Gabriel himself spearheaded. The foundation of a new expectation had taken hold, and what could be Oregon’s most talented team in the Dan Lanning era was finally ready for all camp.
Any angst that filled the 5’11” quarterback addressing a lofty media contingent on media day soon gave way to something that the 23-year-old Gabriel is well-polished at: talking.
“Success for me looks like focusing on the little details,” Gabriel said. “As we focus on that one week approach, even one day, we all know if we put this thing together the right way we will be right where we want to be. If we keep stacking those things up, we will be right where we want to be and be playing on that certain date we want to be playing on.”
Gabriel’s words set the stage perfectly for what was to come, but in so many ways it was what fans had grown accustomed to seeing from Oregon in recent years.
On top of Gabriel’s prowess, Lanning, the man who recruited him, is even more of a known entity, with plenty of experience and the Ducks’ first 12-win season since 2019 under his belt.
And on media day, Oregon’s seemingly official start of its Big Ten tenure, there was no massive blowup duck — a spectacle that greeted fans by appearing in true Ducks’ fashion on Indianapolis White River at Big Ten Media Day. But with a media-trained group of players and a post-conference lunch, there was plenty of substance that enveloped the four stanchions the players sat at.
“My plan for the day is to avoid giving you guys any bulletin board material,” Oregon head coach Dan Lanning said in his opening remarks during media day.
It’s no secret who Gabriel is at this point in his career, and media day did little to change that.
It was no surprise that Oregon’s quarterback deflected talk about the Heisman Trophy but later lit up at the thought of competing for a national championship.
After all, that’s the Ducks’ goal. And new coaches, players, conference and defensive scheme could help the team get to the final stage. Not for the future, but for now.
Amid all the new and unfamiliar that the Big Ten will
bring, the message from Lanning at the start of his third season at Oregon was, by now, rather predictable.
“The next four weeks of preparation are about us, and becoming the best possible team we can,” Lanning said.
Lanning understands Oregon’s branding, once again flaunting the strength that is Oregon’s marketing team.
In that same breath, he was sure to add that Oregon is “far away from where we want to be.”
But above all, Lanning talked for nearly two minutes about the type of competition Oregon has awaiting for it. That is, afterall, the biggest theme underscoring all of the hooplah and prestige.
“I’m just as excited to see these position battles as you guys are,” Lanning said. “I don’t really know if there’s one position where I go ‘we got to go find out who that guy is [because] that’s every position.’ We have depth and we have talent and we will see who rises to the top.”
The top, of course, is also where the Ducks’ new opponents reside. And — despite Oregon’s roster insisting that they’ve “played like a Big Ten team for a while” — there will undoubtedly be an adjustment period.
“Some of these guys, of course, are asking me about playing in the Big Ten,” Matthew Bedford, who played in the Big Ten at Indiana, said.
But Oregon can compete with these guys now. The Ducks are no longer a program built to peak and then bottom out. They lost their quarterback, leading receiver, leading rusher, best offensive lineman, sack leader, interception leader and are still widely expected to be better. Last year’s 12-win season will inevitably also go down as a disappointment in Lanning and company’s eyes.
And even when asked about future renovations for the university’s facilities, the predictably tight-lipped Lanning even made sure to mention that he certainly won’t divulge anything the media isn’t supposed to know.
So remember, amid the new logos and flash within Lanning’s football program, the standard — toward everything — is the same.
The roster is set. The team is ready. Last summer’s talk of potential conference realignments have shifted to shocking reality, but Lanning has aligned his Ducks to be right where they need to be: in a spot to make a BIG splash.
The Oregon student section erupt after a touchdown. The University of Oregon Ducks Football team defeat the University of Colorado Buffaloes 42-6 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, on September 23, 2023. (Kai Kanzer/Emerald)
THE STATS BEHIND THE NEWEST DUCKS
After a 12-win season in 2023, Oregon lost many of its major players to the draft and now must trust in newcomers from the transfer portal to reclaim success in a new conference
By Jack Lazarus
The landscape of college football underwent major reconstruction over the course of the last few years.
From NIL to the conference realignment fiasco, the scene around the NCAA became one of intense change around the country. Oregon, as always, set the tone as one of the nation’s premier innovators, and the current crop of talent encapsulates that perfectly.
To start, the Ducks lost 2023 Heisman Trophy finalist Bo Nix to the NFL draft, but instead of falling back and waiting for the time to come, head coach Dan Lanning and his staff got to work early.
Oregon found its name in the conversation for much of the 2024 transfer class, which included a star-studded group of available quarterbacks.
Dillon Gabriel became a no-brainer candidate for the Ducks. The now sixth-year senior dazzled the Big 12 with The University of Oklahoma, and led the Sooners to a 10 win season.
Gabriel’s 69.3 percent clip from last season proves he can throw effectively and consistently in a premier conference.
Gabriel established himself as an elite scrambler last season with the Sooners, as he scored 12 touchdowns in his 93 attempts and 373 yards on the ground.
The main aspect that Gabriel adds to the Ducks’ offense is his footwork in short spaces.
significantly faster than any cornerback he finds himself up against, allowing him to beat some of the best-of-the-best on his day.
Stewart does his damage within five yards of the line of scrimmage, which gives one-on-one defenders no chance to catch up further downfield.
In 18 games over two seasons, Stewart averaged 12.8 yards per catch, which replaces Troy Franklin’s constant presence in the opposing secondary.
Gabriel’s ability to shift his feet in the pocket and create something out of nothing shined as his main strength. That will provide the Ducks with longer plays, which can open up the floodgates for their deep threats — mainly Tez Johnson and incoming transfer Evan Stewart.
As one of the top-ranked players in the transfer portal, Stewart received interest from all the top programs.
Stewart is fast. More specifically, Stewart accelerates
A deep threat at the core, Stewart and Johnson make for arguably the best two-man receiving duo in the country, as both are among the premier downfield pass catchers.
The cornerback room entered the offseason with a glaring question mark. One that would immediately be answered by the surprise commitment from Jabbar Muhammad, the star corner from bitter rival Washington’s national runner-up squad. Muhammad defended the third most passes in FBS last season with 16 — mostly due to his incredible ability to track down balls and get in the way. Even when he makes mistakes, his close down speed allows him to make plays on a pass from anywhere. Muhammad’s open field tackling is second to none and gives him the ability to sag off defenders receiving short passes.
Even after one of the most successful seasons in Oregon history, changes have to come in order to stay at the head of the game. As the Ducks enter a new conference, they will have to trust in the new arrivals to become those necessary tweaks the team needs as it tackles the 2024 college football landscape.
Oregon Ducks quarterback Dillon Gabriel (08) runs between the fields during practice on April 18, 2023. (Molly McPherson/Emerald)
#RUTH: BIG TEN PRESEASON SUPERLATIVES
As the season approaches, which team is expected to do what in a new era of college football?
By Brady Ruth
As the dawn of a new conference nears, 18 teams from 14 different states are prepared to vie for the 2024 Big Ten Championship. Some teams’ aspirations are more realistic than others, and looking around the conference, some early predictions might just turn into reality.
Most likely to win the Big Ten: Ohio State
Don’t get me wrong, Oregon’s got everything it needs to win this game. However, Ohio State’s played in the defensively-minded Big Ten Conference since 1912 and has won 39 Big Ten Championships. The Buckeyes know what it takes, have done it before and have a roster with enough strength to do it again.
Most likely runner-up: Penn State
The Nittany Lions have an incredibly talented roster in 2024, including returning star Drew Allar. Penn State also has a relatively easy schedule, and won’t play either Oregon or Michigan in 2024. Realistically, the Nittany Lions could go 8-1 in conference play and make it to Indianapolis.
Most likely to go winless: Minnesota
If expectations for the Golden Gophers aren’t low enough, Minnesota faces one of the toughest schedules in the conference. Iowa, Michigan, USC, Rutgers, Penn State and Wisconsin all loom in the Golden Gophers’ near future, and there isn’t much on their roster to expect anything from.
Most likely to host ESPN’s College Gameday: Oregon
While Oct. 12 will be full of incredible games like the University of Texas at Austin vs. the University of Oklahoma and the University of Ole Mississippi vs. Louisiana State University SU, it’s hard to imagine the College Gameday crew won’t be in Eugene for Ducks vs. Buckeyes. This game is one of the most highly-anticipated games of the college football season, and not having ESPN on the lawn outside of Lillis would be a major miss.
Most likely to overperform: Northwestern
USA Today has the Wildcats ranked 17th in the 18-team conference entering the season. But Northwestern was only supposed to win one conference game last year, and that was before firing its head coach weeks before the season. If that team still went on to win a bowl game, this year’s squad shouldn’t be slept on quite that hard.
Most likely to underperform: UCLA
If Bruins’ head coach Dan Foster’s remarks at Big Ten Media Day weren’t a sign of how discombobulated his program is, I’m not sure what is. UCLA is coming off an unimpressive 8-5 season last year, and is adjusting to a new system in 2024. Oh, and Oregon took the Bruins’ quarterback of the future in Dante Moore. UCLA’s first year in the Big Ten will be one to forget.
Most likely to take biggest step forward: Wisconsin
Head coach Luke Fickell will be in his second year with the Badgers as he leads a program that never stays down for long. He landed transfer quarterback Tyler Van Dyke from University of Miami to boost his offense, but maybe most importantly, all of Wisconsin’s hardest games — the University of Alabama, Penn State and Oregon — are all home games.
Most likely to take biggest step back: Washington
Oh no… say it isn’t so.
Not only would it be a daunting task to return to the National Championship Game with the same roster, but the bulk of the Huskies’ best players from last year — and their coach — left the program either via Alabama or the NFL Draft. Washington made a great hire by bringing on Jedd Fisch, but he was unable to bring his best players with him from Arizona. The Ducks might beat this year’s UW team by 60.
Above: The College Gameday crew reacts after Lee Corso dawns the duck head and announces Oregon as his choice to win the game. Oregon hosted College Gameday bright and early on the Lillis lawn October 22, 2022 before their game against no.9 UCLA. (Liam Sherry/Emerald)
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REMEMBERING KHYREE JACKSON
Oregon cornerback Khyree Jackson had just intercepted the football at a critical juncture in the 2024 Pac12 Championship. Due to a burst of passion and celebration, he went into full-body cramps.
This was one of the first memories of Jackson that came to mind when Oregon head coach Dan Lanning stood inside Autzen Stadium at Jackson’s candlelight vigil on July 10.
“When he made a play, it was special,” Lanning said at the vigil. “But when he celebrated a play, it was that much more special because this guy celebrated every part of life.”
Jackson was killed in a tragic car accident on July 6. He was visiting his hometown of Upper Marlboro, Maryland during a break between the Minnesota Vikings’ minicamp and training camp. Jackson’s high school teammates Isaiah Hazel and Anthony Lytton Jr. were also in the car and did not survive.
It’s evident through the stories shared by Jackson’s teammates, coaches and friends over the past month how much of an impact he had along every stop in life he made.
“His story was one of resilience. He was taking steps to become the best version of himself not just for him, but for those who cared about and looked up to him,” Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah said via a statement after Jackson’s death. “Khyree’s personality captured every room he was in.”
Jackson was selected 108th in the fourth round of April’s 2024 NFL Draft by Minnesota. His path to getting drafted into the league was untraditional. Instead of receiving Division I offers, he went to Arizona Western College out of high school with the intention of playing football there.
Jackson ended up going home to Maryland where he worked in the deli of a Harris Teeter supermarket.
He returned to football in 2019. Jackson spent a season at Fort Scott Community College in Kansas where he became one of the defensive
prospects in junior college nationally. He transferred to East Mississippi College the next year, but the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Then, Jackson got the opportunity to play for the reigning NCAA Champions at the time — the Alabama Crimson Tide.
The cornerback impressed throughout his two seasons at Alabama. He recorded 14 total tackles, including 11 solo tackles. Jackson entered the transfer portal at the end of the 2022 season, where the stars aligned for him to go to Oregon.
“If you’re around Khyree, you’re going to have a good day,” Oregon wide receiver Tez Johnson said at the candlelight vigil.
Jackson landed with the Vikings seven years after graduating high school. The Minnesota locker room already felt the same mentality that his Ducks teammates saw throughout his year at Oregon.
“It was pretty remarkable to hear the kind of impact that he had in such a short amount of time,” Vikings’ head coach Kevin O’Connell said to the media ahead of Minnesota’s training camp.
Both the Ducks and the Vikings will honor Jackson this season. Oregon unveiled helmet decals that pay tribute to Jackson and tight end Spencer Webb — who died in 2022.
Meanwhile, the Vikings announced that they would pay $20,000 for Jackson’s funeral expenses and pay his signing bonus to his estate. Minnesota will also wear helmet decals in 2024.
The fighting spirit that Jackson displayed in his career and his life will remain with the Ducks. His story will live on through the people and the teams he crossed paths with.
“I hope that every one of us can learn from his trials and tribulations to reach his goal and it can help some of us reach those same goals,” Lanning said at the candlelight vigil. “I know that Khyree’s going to have that impact.”
The former Oregon cornerback lived a journey filled with determination and passion
By Lily Crane
Oregon DB Khyree Jackson (5) attempts to intercept the ball. The University of Oregon Ducks Football team defeated Oregon State University 31-7 in a home match at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore., on Nov. 24, 2023 (Eric Becker/Emerald)
