It’s a God-Emperor Thang – Oregon Recruiting Update (With Videos And Capsules)

Posted on 31. Dec, 2011 at 2:35 am by Braga in Oregon Ducks Football, Recruiting

Oregon might not have the best class it’s ever had when signing day rolls around next year, but the kids who have committed already should certainly raise a few eyebrows and stand head and shoulders above everyone else in the Pac-12 not named USC.

Some of them literally.

Pharaoh Brown, a six-foot-seven 230-pound tight end/defensive end from Ohio, committed to Oregon this week after decommitting from Michigan in November.

Jared Shanker of ESPN.com breaks down his story and decision here.

The gist of it is that Brown played defensive end and quarterback during his junior year and had committed to Michigan to play defense. Then, Oregon offered him a scholarship in May as a tight end even though he had never played the position. Well, he started playing it during his senior year and loved it so much that he only wanted to be recruited at the position. Then, he took his official visit to Oregon (the only official visit he took) in November and decommitted from Michigan, which brings us to where we are now.

Don’t be surprised if he ends up playing defense at Oregon because he’s a top-15 prospect on both sides of the ball. He was a top prospect on defense coming into his senior year and has since been deemed one at tight end as well. He did say; however, that offense was why he committed to Oregon for what it’s worth.

He finished 2011 with 32 catches for 753 yards and 10 touchdowns on offense and 47 tackles and 12 sacks on defense.

High class problems.

In addition to Brown Oregon got a couple more giants to man the lines in Kyle Long (son of Howie) and Stetzon Bair (brother of Brandon,) both from the junior college ranks.

Long is a six-foot-seven 290-pound offensive tackle from Saddleback College in Virginia. He graduated from high school as one of the top prospects in the country but elected to play baseball at Florida State when the Chicago White Sox drafted him. Then he basically boned himself with a DUII and horrible grades, so he has spent the last couple years working his way back.

Dale Newton does a nice background piece here.

He only has one year to play one at Oregon, so don’t get used to him being around long, but with Mark Asper and Darrion Weems graduating offensive tackle is a spot of immediate need. Expect him to start opposite Jake Fisher next year, assuming he doesn’t drink all his scholarship money in the meantime.

Bair is the brother of recently graduated defensive lineman Brandon Bair, and, like his brother, went on a Mormon mission for a couple years before working his was back into football and transferring to Oregon. Also like his brother he plays defensive line and is a monster. He also went to the same junior college as redshirting defensive tackle Jared Ebert.

He’s listed at six-foot-nine 260 pounds and has four years to play three, so expect him to add some pounds on a play inside. He’s 21 years old now, so by the time he graduates you can pretty much expect a monster of a human with tons of leadership on the defensive line, especially if he’s anything like his brother.

Here’s a video from December 22 by Rob Moseley and Adam Jude from the Register-Guard which features Matt Prehm from Duck Territory. He’s way smarter and informed than I am about this stuff, so listen to him. On a side note, the R-G Postgame Brew is so much quality it’s ridiculous. Had to put that out there. It’s really good. Also, Moseley needs a cheeseburger. Okay, I’m done.

Here are the guys Oregon got commitments from since my last recruiting post:

Pharaoh Brown, TE/DE, 6’7″ 230 lbs. Brush High School (OH)

• ESPN: Four-star; 79 OVR; No. 14-ranked TE.
• Rivals: Four-star; 5.8 rating; No. 11-ranked S.
• eDuck (Scout: Fox Sports): Three-star; No. 15-ranked TE.
• DuckTerritory (247 Sports): Four-star; 92 OVR; No. 17-ranked WDE.
• Sports Illustrated Honorable Mention All-American.
• Offense-Defense Bowl All American West Team Offensive MVP.

Kyle Long, OT, 6’7″ 290 lbs. Saddleback College (VA)

• ESPN: Doesn’t rank junior college players
• Rivals: Three-star; 5.7 rating; No. 30-ranked JC player.
• eDuck (Scout: Fox Sports): Four-star.
• DuckTerritory (247 Sports): Four-star; 94 OVR; No. 12-ranked JC player.

Stetzon Bair, DT, 6’9″ 260 lbs. Iowa Western Community College (IA)

• ESPN: Doesn’t rank junior college players
• Rivals: Three-star; 5.6 rating.
• eDuck (Scout: Fox Sports): Three-star.
• DuckTerritory (247 Sports): Three-star; 83 OVR; No. 73-ranked JC player.

Oregon’s 2012 Commits So Far:

National Rankings:

• ESPN: 25
• Rivals: 16
• eDuck (Scout: Fox Sports): 18
• DuckTerritory (247 Sports): 18

Position Breakdown:

• QB: 2
• RB: 1
• WR: 1
• TE: 2
• OL: 1
• DL: 6
• LB: 1
• DB: 4

Defense: 

Reggie Daniels, S, 6’0″ 170 lbs. Hamilton High School (AZ)

• ESPN: Four-star; 79 OVR; No. 15-ranked S.
• Rivals: Three-star; 5.7 rating; No. 16-ranked S.
• eDuck (Scout: Fox Sports): Four-star; No. 10-ranked S.
• DuckTerritory (247 Sports): Four-star; 93 OVR; No. 13-ranked S; No. 230 on Top 247.
• Sports Illustrated Honorable Mention All-American.

Alex Balducci, DE, 6’4″ 262 lbs. Central Catholic High School (Ore.)

• ESPN: Three-star; 79 OVR; No. 45-ranked DE.
• Rivals: Four-star; 5.9 rating; No. 8-ranked DE; No. 99 in Rivals 250.
• eDuck (Scout: Fox Sports): Three-star; No. 48-ranked DE.
• DuckTerritory (247 Sports): Three-star; 89 OVR; No. 22-ranked SDE.
• U.S. Army All American.

Cody Carriger, DE, 6’6″ 230 lbs. Butte High School (MT.)

• ESPN: Not rated; 45 OVR.
• Rivals: Two-star; 5.4 rating; No. 3-ranked player in Montana.
• eDuck (Scout: Fox Sports): Not rated.
• DuckTerritory (247 Sports): Three-star; 87 OVR.
• ESPN camp results: 4.85 40-yard dash, 4.79 20-yard shuttle, 33.6 vertical jump.

Oshay Dunmore, S, 6’2″ 195 lbs. Newport High School (Ore.)

• ESPN: Three-star; 78 OVR; No. 74-ranked ATH.
• Rivals: Three-star; 5.7 rating; No. 35-ranked ATH.
• eDuck (Scout: Fox Sports): Three-star; No. 59-ranked S.
• DuckTerritory (247 Sports): Four-star; 92 OVR; No. 20-ranked ATH.

Eric Amoako, S, 5’11″ 190 lbs. Martin High School (Tex.)

• ESPN: Three-star; 78 OVR; No. 28-ranked S.
• Rivals: Three-star; 5.6 rating; No. 47-ranked S.
• eDuck (Scout: Fox Sports): Three-star; No. 54-ranked S.
• DuckTerritory (247 Sports): Three-star; 84 OVR.

Stephen Amoako, CB, 5’10″ 175 lbs. Martin High School (Tex.)

• ESPN: Three-star; 77 OVR; No. 35-ranked CB.
• Rivals: Three-star; 5.6 rating; No. 62-ranked CB.
• eDuck (Scout: Fox Sports): Three-star; No. 59-ranked CB.
• DuckTerritory (247 Sports): Three-star; 87 OVR.

Jeremy Castro, DE, 6’1″ 240 lbs. Vista Murrieta High School (Calif.)

• ESPN: Three-star; 77 OVR; No. 101-ranked DE.
• Rivals: Four-star; 5.8 rating; No. 21-ranked WDE.
• eDuck (Scout: Fox Sports): Four-star; No. 18-ranked OLB.
• DuckTerritory (247 Sports): Three-star; 84 OVR; No. 38-ranked WDE.

Terrence “TJ” Daniel, ATH, 6’7″ 240 lbs. Bishop O’Dowd High School (Calif.)

• ESPN: Three-star; 77 OVR; No. 100-ranked DE.
• Rivals: Not rated.
• eDuck (Scout: Fox Sports): Two-star; No. 87-ranked TE.
• DuckTerritory (247 Sports): Three-star; 85 OVR; No. 53-ranked ATH.

Bryce Cottrell, DE, 6’3″ 230 lbs. Plano West Senior High School (Tex.)

• ESPN: Two-star; 74 OVR; No. 110-ranked OLB.
• Rivals: Three-star; 5.6 rating; No. 45-ranked SDE.
• eDuck (Scout: Fox Sports): Three-star; No. 60-ranked DE.
• DuckTerritory (247 Sports): Three-star; 87 OVR.

Offense:

Evan Baylis, TE, 6’5″ 220 lbs. Grandview High School (Co.)

• ESPN: Four-star; 79 OVR; No. 11-ranked TE.
• Rivals: Four-star; 5.8 rating; No. 10-ranked TE.
• eDuck (Scout: Fox Sports): Four-star; No. 8-ranked TE.
• DuckTerritory (247 Sports): Four-star; 92 OVR; No. 9-ranked TE; No. 225 in 247.com Top 247.

Jeff Lockie, QB, 6’2″ 185 lbs. Monte Vista High School (Calif.)

• ESPN: Two-star; 74 OVR; No. 104-ranked QB.
• Rivals: Three-star; 5.6 rating.
• eDuck (Scout: Fox Sports): Three-star; No. 49-ranked QB.
• DuckTerritory (247 Sports): Not rated.

Dwayne Stanford, WR, 6’5″ 195 lbs. Taft High School (OH)

• ESPN: Four-star; 80 OVR; No. 21-ranked WR.
• Rivals: Four-star; 5.8 rating; No. 24-ranked WR; No. 169 in Rivals 250.
• eDuck (Scout: Fox Sports): Three-star; No. 50-ranked WR.
• DuckTerritory (247 Sports): Three-star; 88 OVR; No. 65-ranked WR.
• U.S. Army All-American.

Byron Marshall, RB, 5’10″ 195 lbs. Valley Christian High School (Calif.)

• ESPN: Four-star; 80 OVR; No. 9-ranked RB; No. 129 on ESPNU 150.
• Rivals: Four-star; 5.8 rating; No. 7-ranked RB; No. 112 in Rivals 250.
• eDuck (Scout: Fox Sports): Four-star; No. 19-ranked RB.
• DuckTerritory (247 Sports): Four-star; 94 OVR; No. 11-ranked RB; No. 169 on Top 247.
• U.S. Army All-American.

Jake Rodrigues, QB, 6’2″ 210 lbs. Whitney High School (Calif.)

• ESPN: Four-star; 80 OVR; No. 11-ranked QB.
• Rivals: Four-star; 5.8 rating; No. 7-ranked pro-style QB; No. 148 on Rivals 250.
• eDuck (Scout: Fox Sports): Four-star; No. 14-ranked QB.
• DuckTerritory (247 Sports): Three-star; 89 OVR; No. 13-ranked pro-style QB.
• Elite 11 Quarterback.
• Video Highlights: Here.
• More Here.

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