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01/09/23 - Brandon Dorlus, rSr/2024, Oregon + More +

The Oregon Ducks' most disruptive defender is returning for the 2023 season. Brandon Dorlus, who has been planning on all year to remain in the NFL Draft, announced he will instead be returning to the Ducks for his final year of eligibility. Dorlus finished with 39 tackles, including a team-high 9.5 for loss, last season. Both were career highs. He added 2.5 sacks and two pass breakups. Dorlus, who will be a fifth-year senior, is the fifth draft-eligible player to announce his intent to return for a final season of eligibility at UO, joining Bo Nix, Steven Jones, Mase Funa and Popo Aumavae, who was granted an additional year of eligibility due to injury. - The Oregonian

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DT Brandon Dorlus, Oregon
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01/09/23 - Connor Soelle, rSr/2025, Oregon + More +

Oregon is adding a second linebacker via the transfer portal. Former Arizona State linebacker Connor Soelle committed to transfer to the Ducks on Sunday. Soelle, who has two seasons of eligibility remaining, had 30 tackles with one for loss and a pass breakup this season for the Sun Devils. In 23 career games, he has 53 tackles with two for loss, a pass breakup and forced fumble. The 6-foot-1, 220-pound Soelle was a former three-star recruit in the class of 2019. - The Oregonian

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ILB Connor Soelle, Oregon
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01/06/23 - Jordan Burch, rSr/2025, Oregon + More +

South Carolina has lost another high-profile player to the NCAA transfer portal. Edge rusher Jordan Burch, one of the most highly ranked recruits in program history and one who had flashes of brilliance during his three-year career, entered the portal on Thursday, USC confirmed. He was third on the team with 60 tackles this year and first with 14 quarterback hurries. A Columbia native who played under USC alum Erik Kimrey at The Hammond School, Burch was second only to national No. 1 recruit Jadeveon Clowney in terms of the highest-rated prospects to ever pick USC. He only started one game in his first two seasons as he was behind entrenched edge rushers, but started every game in 2022.

Burch recorded 3.5 sacks and 7.5 tackles for loss this season with one recovered fumble. He was many times a hair away from completing a sack or affecting the quarterback and USC also used him in other ways, such as an offensive lineman and receiver in the Gator Bowl. He finishes his USC career with 4.5 sacks and scored on a 61-yard interception return for a touchdown in the 2021 season-opener. - The Post and Courier

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DE Jordan Burch, Oregon
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01/06/23 - Dillon Gabriel, rSr/2025, Oregon + More +

At least one big offensive piece will return for OU football in 2023. Quarterback Dillon Gabriel announced his return on Twitter. "This island boy found a home in Oklahoma," Gabriel posted. In his first season with the Sooners after spending three seasons at Central Florida, Gabriel threw for 3,168 yards and 25 touchdowns with six interceptions in 12 games. It was the fewest passing yards for OU's starting quarterback - including the combined Spencer Rattler/Caleb Williams numbers in 2021 - over the past eight seasons, except for the COVID-truncated 2020 season where Rattler threw for 3,031 yards.

It was the fewest passing touchdowns for an OU starter during the span, including 2020. There were high expectations for the Sooners offense when Gabriel transferred from Orlando, where he threw for 8,037 yards and 70 touchdowns in 19 games from 2019-21 before suffering a career-ending injury. In Norman, Gabriel reunited with offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby, who was the Knights' offensive coordinator in 2019 when Gabriel threw for a career-high 3,653 yards. His performance was inconsistent at times - he completed only 43.8% of his passes against TCU on Oct. 1 before being injured, and threw three interceptions in the Sooners' Nov. 5 loss to Baylor, but he also threw for more than 400 yards twice becoming the first OU quarterback since Baker Mayfield in 2017 to reach the mark multiple times in a season. - Daily Oklahoman

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QB Dillon Gabriel, Oregon
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01/01/23 - Tez Johnson, rSr/2025, Oregon + More +

The Nix family's presence in Eugene is growing. Tez Johnson, Troy's leading receiver this season and the younger adopted brother of Oregon quarterback Bo Nix, committed to transfer to the Ducks on Thursday. Johnson, who has two seasons of eligibility remaining, led the Trojans with 56 catches for 863 yards and four touchdowns this season and averaged 11.5 yards on six punt returns.

In 36 career games, he has 141 receptions for 1,809 yards and eight touchdowns, eight carries for 51 yards and a score and averaged 7.6 yards on 23 punt returns. The 5-foot-10, 150-pound Johnson was a former three-star recruit in the class of 2020. - The Oregonian

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WR Tez Johnson, Oregon
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01/01/23 - Popo Aumavae, rSr/2024, Oregon + More +

Oregon Ducks nose tackle Popo Aumavae will return in 2023 for his seventh season. Aumavae, who suffered a season-ending right foot injury late in fall camp and had surgery during the first week of September, was granted an additional year of eligibility by the NCAA and announced he will utilize it. He recently had a follow-up procedure on his right foot prior to the Holiday Bowl, which Aumavae attending while wearing a walking boot.

The only scholarship senior who didn't take part in the UO's Senior Night ceremony before the final home game against Utah, Aumavae has 66 tackles with nine for loss, including 3.5 sacks, in 38 career games. He missed spring practice last year while recovering from surgery for a torn labrum he suffered late in the 2021 season, when he had a career-high 36 tackles with three for loss in 13 games. - The Oregonian

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DT Popo Aumavae, Oregon
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12/29/22 - Steven Jones, rSr/2024, Oregon + More +

Oregon will have a starting offensive linemen back in 2023. Steven Jones, a fifth-year junior, announced he will return to UO for his senior season. "First off, I would like to say thank you Duck fans for all the love and support I have received since coming to Oregon. Thank you to all my family and friends who continue to support me throughout my career here at Oregon. I would also like to thank my mother and father for being by my side every step of the way. Without your guidance and support I would not be in the position that I am today, so I thank you. "Due to injury, my season did not turn out like how I wanted. With that being said, I'm excited to return to Oregon for my final season of eligibility, and will continue to uphold and grow an elite culture coach Dan Lanning and his staff has built."

Jones enters the Holiday Bowl having made three starts in four games this season due to a left foot sprain. He has played 211 snaps. In 2021, Jones started 13 games with four games at right tackle and nine at right guard and played 781 snaps. Over his career, the 6-foot-5, 340-pound Jones has appeared in 34 games. Jones is the second draft-eligible player to announce his return to UO in 2023, joining quarterback Bo Nix. - The Oregonian

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OG Steven Jones, Oregon
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12/28/22 - Bo Nix, rSr/2024, Oregon + More +

Bo Nix threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Chase Cota on fourth down with 19 seconds left and Camden Lewis' PAT bounced off the left upright and went through to give No. 15 Oregon a wild 28-27 victory against North Carolina in the Holiday Bowl on Wednesday night at Petco Park. Cota caught the ball at about the 1 and got it across the goal line as he was being tackled by Don Chapman. The play was upheld on review. Lewis then banked in the PAT. North Carolina (9-5) got the ball to the Oregon 42 with one second left before Drake Maye's desperation heave into the end zone fell incomplete. The Ducks finished 10-3 thanks to Nix, who came up big late in the fourth quarter after being held in check much of the second half. He threw a 6-yard TD pass to Troy Franklin with 6:58 to go to pull the Ducks to 24-21.

The Tar Heels took a 27-21 lead with 2:34 to go on Noah Burnette's 44-yard field goal, his second of the quarter. Nix then moved the Ducks 79 yards in eight plays for the win, with the drive being aided by a pass interference call. Nix was 23 of 30 for 205 yards and two touchdowns, with one interception. Maye, the ACC Offensive Player of the Year, was 18 of 35 for 206 yards and three scores. The Tar Heels took a 21-14 lead on Maye's 49-yard TD pass to Kobe Paysour just before halftime that was set up by an incredible interception by linebacker Power Echols. Echols' jaw-dropping interception and 40-yard return gave the Tar Heels the ball at the Oregon 49. With the score tied at 14 and Oregon driving late in the second quarter, Nix threw behind Terrance Ferguson and the ball bounced off the right calf of linebacker Cedric Gray toward Echols, who tipped it up with his right foot before bending over and grabbing it and taking off to the Oregon 49. - Oregon/AP College Football

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QB Bo Nix, Oregon
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12/25/22 - *Noah Sewell, rSo/2023, Oregon + More +

The Oregon Ducks will have a new starting middle linebacker in 2023. Three-year starter Noah Sewell declared for the NFL draft on Thursday. He will not play in the Holiday Bowl against North Carolina, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. Sewell had 56 tackles with 5.5 for loss, including 1.5 sacks, an interception, fumble recovery and four pass breakups this season for the Ducks. He led the Ducks with 114 tackles, with 8.5 for loss and four sacks in 2021, and tied for the team lead in tackles (45) in 2020.

Over 33 career games, Sewell had 215 tackles with 20.5 for loss, including 7.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, two interceptions and 11 pass breakups. The 6-foot-2, 243-pound Sewell is the second Oregon player to declare for this year's draft, joining cornerback Christian Gonzalez. Sewell was a five-star recruit ranked No. 13 overall and No. 2 among inside linebackers in the class of 2020. He's the fifth-highest-rated recruit to sign with UO in the modern recruiting era. - The Oregonian

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ILB *Noah Sewell, Oregon
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12/22/22 - Ajani Cornelius, rSr/2025, Oregon + More +

2022 ALL-CAA FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM: A.J. Cornelius, Rhode Island, OL, So.,...Nick Correia, A.J. Cornelius and Lorenzo Thompson represent 60 percent of Rhody's offensive line unit that blocked for the third-highest scoring offense in the league. The Rams piled up 30.6 points per game behind a balanced attack. Behind its line, URI ranked fourth in CAA Football in both rushing attack (168.8 yards per game) and passing attack (235.3 yards/game). The Rams were also fifth in the league with just 21 sacks allowed in 11 games. - Rhode Island Football

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OG Ajani Cornelius, Oregon
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12/19/22 - Bo Nix, rSr/2024, Oregon + More +

In 2022, Bo Nix put together one of the best regular seasons by a quarterback in Oregon football history. He's planning to stick around in 2023 and lead the Ducks to even greater heights. Nix announced Sunday that he plans to remain with the UO football program for another season. As a first-year transfer in 2022, Nix led the Ducks on an eight-game winning streak that had Oregon in the thick of the College Football Playoff race and Nix generating Heisman Trophy buzz, before a November injury impeded that momentum.

"There's nothing like a Saturday in Autzen Stadium in front of the best fans in college football," Nix said. "There's nothing like playing for my coaches and going to battle with my teammates. There's nothing like being an Oregon Duck." Entering Oregon's Holiday Bowl appearance against North Carolina on Dec. 28, Nix is 271-of-379 passing this season for 3,388 yards and 27 touchdowns, with six interceptions. He also rushed for 504 yards and 14 touchdowns in the regular season. Those numbers put Nix at No. 9 on the UO single-season list for attempts, third in completions, fifth in passing yards and tied for ninth in touchdown passes. His completion percentage of 71.5 percent leads the Pac-12 and would be a UO single-season record, and his 14 rushing touchdowns are one shy of the UO single-season record for a quarterback, held by Marcus Mariota. - Oregon Football

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QB Bo Nix, Oregon
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12/19/22 - Evan Williams, rSr/2024, Oregon + More +

Fresno State safety Evan Williams went through Senior Day activities before the Bulldogs' final home game, though he can return in 2023 with an extra year of eligibility available due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He said before that game he had not made a decision, but this likely will be his final game with the Bulldogs, along with a group that includes quarterback Jake Haener, defensive end David Perales, wideouts Jalen Moreno-Cropper, Nikko Remigio and Zane Pope and running back Jordan Mims.

If it is, defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle gave him something to add to the NFL resume. Coyle, a former coordinator with the Miami Dolphins, was asked if Williams is an NFL-caliber safety. "There's no question," Coyle said. "Evan has all the attributes you look for in a safety. I've coached a lot of years in the NFL and coached some really good players, and Evan has the combination of the physical tools and the mental makeup that you really look for at that level. One day I expect to be sitting on the couch watching Evan do his thing at he next level, but certainly we're real pleased at the way he's performing for us here." - Fresno Bee

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SS Evan Williams, Oregon
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12/18/22 - Bo Nix, rSr/2024, Oregon + More +

Bo Nix will play at least one more college football game. What Oregon's quarterback will do after the Holiday Bowl is yet to be determined though. "I wanna know too," Nix said after practice on Friday. "I'm still trying to figure that out myself and we'll decide later." Nix enters the Holiday Bowl matchup against North Carolina completing 71.5% of his passes for 3,388 yards, 27 touchdowns and six interceptions with 504 rushing yards and 14 scores and a touchdown reception for the No. 15 Ducks (9-3). The fourth-year junior is automatically entered in this year's NFL Draft and has until mid-January to decide whether to opt-out of the draft and return to college for his final year of eligibility. "I hope it's as soon as possible," Nix said. "Like you guys, I'm ready to know my decision. It's not an easy process; it's one of the toughest things I've had to do but it's rewarding regardless of what happens."

Nix is one of the first and most prominent cases of a college quarterback who faces this critical career decision in the new age of name, image and likeness compensation, which could surpass his first-year earning potential in the NFL. Early draft projections still vary, but none have Nix expected to be selected in the first three rounds if he were to remain in the draft. This year, NFL rookies earn $750,000 in base salary and the bonus compensation for a player drafted from the first pick in the fourth round to the last pick in the draft ranged from approximately $21,000-$227,000, according to OverTheCap.com. "I think it's tough because in my situation you can hear all different, like all sorts of things from where you could get drafted," Nix said. "And I think that's what kind of makes it not confusing, but it makes you have a lot of decisions because you don't know when you're going to be drafted. And so then you got to compare your situation to college and you know, the value in the two decisions and there's value in both. I don't think I can make a bad decision." - The Oregonian

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QB Bo Nix, Oregon
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12/16/22 - Tez Johnson, rSr/2025, Oregon + More +

2022 ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION: WR - Tez Johnson (So., WR - Pinson, Ala.),...Tez Johnson had a breakout campaign in 2021 and was rewarded with preseason All-Sun Belt First Team honors in 2022...Ranked 16th nationally (min. 90 targets) last season with receptions on 72 percent of his targets (67-of-93)...Caught five or more passes in 7-of-12 games last season...Finished second in the league with 67 catches on the year and led all Sun Belt receivers in reception percentage...His 67 catches ranked as the eighth most all-time in a season in Troy history...Johnson was unofficially adopted by the Nix family during his high school years. His brother Bo is a quarterback at Oregon, while his father Patrick played quarterback at Auburn (1992-95) and is the head coach at Central-Phenix City High School in Alabama. - Troy Football

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WR Tez Johnson, Oregon
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12/16/22 - T.J. Bass, rSr/2023, Oregon + More +

2022 ALL-PAC-12 CONFERENCE FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM: OL T.J. Bass, Sr., Oregon,... Started all 12 games at left tackle, playing 828 snaps...Key part of an Oregon offensive line that leads the nation with just four sacks allowed...78.8 overall grade from Pro Football Focus, 10th among Pac-12 offensive linemen...78.9 run-blocking grade from PFF ranks eighth in the Pac-12, and fourth among tackles...Allowed zero sacks and just 19 total pressures in 403 pass-blocking opportunities, according to PFF. - Oregon Football

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