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07/31/21 - *Mykael Wright, rSo/2022, Oregon + More +

Now the third-year sophomore is racking up the preseason accolades. Wright was named to the all-Pac-12 first team released Tuesday and appeared on the Hornung Award watch list Thursday. "He's one of the best athletes I've ever been around," Oregon cornerbacks coach Rod Chance said during spring practice. "If you show me a defensive back that can move and change direction as well as he does, or better, I'd like to see those dudes." The Hornung Award is given annually to the most versatile player in major college football. Wright had 270 yards on 13 kickoff returns in 2020. As a freshman in 2019, he became just the third player in program history to return multiple kickoffs for touchdowns in the same season.

In his career, Wright has amassed 650 kickoff return yards with an average of 28.3 yards per attempt. Wright, who was an all-Pac-12 first team selection last season after finishing with 25 total tackles (18 solo stops), is also a preseason candidate for the Jim Thorpe Award given to the nation's top defensive back. "I think the next step is developing his body," Chance said. "On the football field, there's nothing that he can't do." - Register Guard

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CB *Mykael Wright, Oregon
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07/30/21 - Anthony Brown Jr., rSr/2022, Oregon + More +

Oregon is the team to beat in the Pac-12. And Anthony Brown is the man to beat at quarterback. After the Ducks were picked to win the Pac-12 in the preseason media poll Tuesday, coach Mario Cristobal said Brown will enter the Ducks' fall camp atop the depth chart. "Anthony will start with the ones. He has earned that," Cristobal said at the conference's media day event in Los Angeles. "He's done a very good job from a performance standpoint, leadership performance, taking on coach (Joe) Moorhead's offensive scheme. "At the same time, the freshmen behind him have done an excellent job as well. It merits them getting an opportunity to compete for that position as well. We will make that happen."

Tyler Shough started all seven games last season but transferred to Texas Tech after splitting snaps with Brown in the Pac-12 championship game and Fiesta Bowl. Brown was a combined 15-for-23 passing for 164 yards and two touchdowns in the victory over USC in the conference title game and the loss to Iowa State in the Fiesta Bowl. The Boston College transfer also had seven rushing attempts for 40 yards and two touchdowns. "He's a very cool, calm customer," Moorhead said during spring practice when Brown took all of the first-team snaps. "He's a guy that has played a lot of football, he's a guy that's extremely intelligent and has a lot of ability as a thrower and a runner...I think he has really seized the opportunity and understands the urgency that's required of this position." - Register Guard

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QB Anthony Brown Jr., Oregon
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07/30/21 - Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu, rSr/2023, Oregon + More +

Three of Oregon's six players to miss spring practice due to injury are back to full strength with 10 days to go before fall camp. Running back Trey Benson (knee) and offensive linemen Jaylan Jeffers (left arm) and Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu (unspecified) are all back to 100%, according to Oregon coach Mario Cristobal. Benson, Jeffers and Aumavae-Laulu were all expected to return to action this summer.

Cristobal said tight end Cam McCormick, who has missed nearly three full seasons due to an ankle injury, has made "tremendous progress." Defensive tackle Jaylen Smith (unspecified) is doubtful for the start of camp, but Cristobal didn't rule out his availability beyond that. Running back Sean Dollars, who had eight carries for 47 yards last season and injured his leg during winter workouts, remains out indefinitely. Cristobal said the third-year freshman is looking at "mid-season to late season" for a potential return. - The Oregonian

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OT Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu, Oregon
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07/30/21 - *Kayvon Thibodeaux, rSo/2022, Oregon + More +

Kayvon Thibodeaux has made his second preseason watch list. The Oregon defensive end is among 90 players named to the watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, which is presented annually to the nation's defensive player of the year. It's the second time Thibodeaux has been named to the Nagurski watch list. He was named to the Bednarik watch list last week. A preseason All-American and preseason all-Pac-12 selection, Thibodeaux had 38 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, three sacks and three pass breakups in seven games last season. An Oregon player has never won the Nagurski Trophy, which went to Tulsa's Zaven Collins last year. - The Oregonian

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DE *Kayvon Thibodeaux, Oregon
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07/30/21 - Alex Forsyth, rSr/2023, Oregon + More +

Oregon's Alex Forsyth earned his second preseason watch list recognition. Oregon's center is among the 80 players on the watch list for the Outland Trophy, which is presented annually to the nation's best interior lineman. Forsyth, who was named to the Rimington Trophy watch list last week, led the Ducks with 440 offensive snaps while allowing just one sack and four total pressures on 231 pass-blocking downs in 2020. - The Oregonian

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C Alex Forsyth, Oregon
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07/29/21 - *Kayvon Thibodeaux, rSo/2022, Oregon + More +

So much has happened off the field in the last seven months - the dawn of the name, image and likeness policy for players, proposed College Football Playoff expansion, looming realignment - but not much has changed in the perceived pecking order on the West Coast. Oregon is picked to win the Pac-12 championship in the 2021 media poll released Tuesday. The Ducks received 27 of the 40 first-place votes to earn the preseason nod, ahead of both USC (10) and Utah (3).

"I never and we will never see ourselves as a program with a bullseye on us, a target on us. It's never been that way, never will be that way," Oregon coach Mario Cristobal said of the lofty expectations during his press conference Tuesday at the Pac-12 media event in Los Angeles. "When we wake up in the morning, our feet hit the ground, we wake up with a hunger, drive, determination to make sure we're always a hunter in a humble way, driven way. "All the other stuff, the fluff and the predictions, it doesn't factor into our regimen, our structure, our DNA, our mentality." Seven Oregon players were named to the preseason all-conference first and second teams - defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux (first), cornerback Mykael Wright (first), center Alex Forsyth (first), linebacker Noah Sewell (second), safety Verone McKinley (second), running back CJ Verdell (second) and wide receiver Johnny Johnson (second). - Register Guard

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DE *Kayvon Thibodeaux, Oregon
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07/28/21 - *Noah Sewell, rSo/2023, Oregon + More +

All-American defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux isn't the only player on Oregon's defense in the spotlight this season. Linebacker Noah Sewell and cornerback Mykael Wright are on the preseason watch lists for the Butkus Award and Jim Thorpe Award, respectively. Sewell, a five-star recruit in the 2020 recruiting class, led the Ducks with 45 tackles while earning Pac-12 freshman defensive player of the year honors. He also led the conference's freshmen in tackles for loss (6.5) and sacks (2.0). The other Pac-12 players on the list for the Butkus Award given to the nation's top linebacker are Colorado's Nate Landman, Oregon State's Avery Roberts, USC's Drake Jackson, Utah's Devin Lloyd and Washington's Zion Tupuola-Fetui and Edefuan Ulofoshio. - Register Guard

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ILB *Noah Sewell, Oregon
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07/28/21 - *Mykael Wright, rSo/2022, Oregon + More +

Oregon's top cornerback was named to the Jim Thorpe Award watch list. Ducks corner Mykael Wright among the 40 players named to the preseason watch list for the Thorpe Award, presented to the nation's top defensive back, the the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame announced Monday. Wright had 25 tackles and nine pass breakups en route to all-Pac-12 honors in 2020. - The Oregonian

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CB *Mykael Wright, Oregon
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07/28/21 - Bo Nix, rSr/2024, Oregon + More +

Bo Nix knows better than anyone his place in Auburn football history. He isn't just a player. He's a lifer. The son of an Auburn man who wears his father's number on his jersey, Nix could rattle off every Auburn coach since Shug Jordan if you asked him. So he knows what a pivotal time it is on the Plains as Auburn enters a new era under Bryan Harsin. He also knows he could play better. And if being his own biggest critic wasn't enough, he hears the outside criticism, too. Still, he's unflappable going into his junior season. And after lessons learned the hard way at Auburn, he could be a better player for the way he deals with the pressure - and a better Auburn man, too. "I know who I am, and that's important," Nix said on the podium.

Nix stood up in the spotlight Thursday at SEC Media Days with all the poise of the Auburn football quarterback he's always wanted to be. He put his teammates first like a leader, he deferred to his coaching like a listener, and he made it clear to everyone in the room that he isn't scared of Alabama. And when he said he knew he was, he showed his mind is made up as he enters a new season of challenges: He isn't afraid of the moment, because he isn't afraid of making mistakes. "Tomorrow the sun will come up," Nix said, pointing to his faith. "Especially after games, I can get up and I can go to church and kind of reset my life and know that, no matter what happens, football will end one day, and it's just all about what kind of impact I can have on the lives of others." - Opelika-Auburn News

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QB Bo Nix, Oregon
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07/26/21 - Bo Nix, rSr/2024, Oregon + More +

The outside expectations for Bryan Harsin's first season in the SEC have been set. Auburn was predicted to finish fifth in the SEC West this season by the league's media members this week at SEC Media Days, the conference announced Friday. The Tigers were picked to finish behind defending national champion Alabama, Texas A&M, LSU and Ole Miss in the division. Alabama was also overwhelmingly predicted to claim the SEC title this year, while six other teams also received votes to win the SEC championship: Georgia (45), Ole Miss (1), Texas A&M (1), Florida (1), South Carolina (1) and Kentucky (1). Auburn and Mississippi State were the only two teams in the SEC West not to receive a first-place vote to win the division. - Birmingham News

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QB Bo Nix, Oregon
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07/25/21 - Johnny Johnson III, rSr/2022, Oregon + More +

Oregon wide receiver Johnny Johnson III has 114 career receptions for 1,617 yards and 14 touchdowns. He's closing in on Oregon's top-10 career lists in all three categories. The next generation of Oregon wide receivers has already arrived on campus and a couple of touted prospects started flashing their talents during the spring game. But super senior Johnny Johnson, who was named to the preseason Biletnikoff Award watch released Thursday, is still the headliner of the group entering fall camp. Johnson enters the 2021 season with 114 career receptions for 1,617 yards and 14 touchdowns. He needs 20 catches, 431 yards and four touchdowns to crack Oregon's top-10 list in all three categories, The Ducks also return fifth-year senior Jaylon Redd and third-year sophomores Mycah Pittman and Devon Williams. - Register Guard

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WR Johnny Johnson III, Oregon
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07/24/21 - CJ Verdell, rSr/2022, Oregon + More +

CJ Verdell and Travis Dye are among the 86 players, including 12 from the Pac-12, on the preseason Doak Walker Award candidates list. Oregon's dynamic running back duo was not on the initial watch list released Wednesday morning due to a miscommunication during the nomination process but both were quickly added once the omission was discovered. The Doak Walker Award is given to the nation's top college running back. This is the third nomination for Verdell and the first for Dye. "The goal for us right now is we want to win a national championship really bad," Dye said during spring practice. "Becoming the best one-two punch in the (Pac-12), that's going to help us. Obviously, I believe we are the best one-two punch in the Pac, if not the nation. "Of course we're going to say that, but we're going to show it this year for sure." Entering his fourth season as Oregon's coach, Mario Cristobal is thrilled to have the familiar comfort blankets standing behind new starting quarterback Anthony Brown. Dye and Verdell have combined for 4,063 rushing yards and 34 total touchdowns over the past three seasons. - Register-Guard

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RB CJ Verdell, Oregon
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07/23/21 - Dillon Gabriel, rSr/2025, Oregon + More +

UCF quarterback Dillon Gabriel found himself among an elite group of his peers, earning a spot on the Davey O'Brien Award preseason watch list Tuesday. Gabriel is among 30 returning quarterbacks on the list for the award, which is given annually to the top quarterback in the country. Candidates for the award are selected based on career performance and expectations heading into the 2021 season. It's the second time this week that the junior has found himself on a preseason award watch list, earning a spot on the Maxwell Award Monday. - Orlando Sentinel

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QB Dillon Gabriel, Oregon
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07/21/21 - *Kayvon Thibodeaux, rSo/2022, Oregon + More +

The summer spotlight continues to shine on Kayvon Thibodeaux as the Ducks' 2021 season draws closer. Oregon's star defensive end is one of the headliners on the Chuck Bednarik Award preseason watch list released Monday. The award is given annually to the nation's top defensive player. Thibodeaux, who is on the Sporting News' preseason all-American first team, recently partnered with Nike co-founder/CEO Phil Knight and vice president of design Tinker Hatfield on a lucrative non-fungible token and memorabilia deal. The 6-foot-5, 250-pound former five-star recruit was the Pac-12 freshman defensive player of the year in 2019 and an Associated Press third-team All-American in 2020. In 21 career games for the Ducks, Thibodeaux has 23.5 tackles for loss and 12 sacks. - Register Guard

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DE *Kayvon Thibodeaux, Oregon
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07/21/21 - Dillon Gabriel, rSr/2025, Oregon + More +

UCF quarterback Dillon Gabriel continues to rack up preseason accolades, this time finding himself among 80 candidates on the Maxwell Award watch list released Monday. Gabriel, who is set to enter his third season as the Knights starter, was among 37 quarterbacks named for the award that is given to the best college football player. He was a semifinalist for the award last season, which was won by Alabama's DeVonta Smith. Former UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton, who transferred to Florida State in December, is also on the list. - Orlando Sentinel

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